Published: November 3, 2026 at 2:24 PM IST Good at hiding themselves The apps stayed online because they were good at dodging safety checks and hiding what they could really do. Surprisingly, some had been available for about a year and had passed…
Nov 3, 2026 — 3:51 AM ET Researchers who uncovered the network note there is no definitive checklist determining whether a user sees the “safe” interface or the “explicit deepfake” version. However, one identified trigger appears to be downloading the app directly after clicking…
Apple removed 19 of the apps after WIRED contacted it. Google had already pulled most of them before WIRED got in touch. AI Forensics says it found more than 400 nudifier apps across the two stores and first spotted the operation in…
Senegal’s national signal distributor, Télédiffusion du Sénégal (TDS-SA), has pledged to make 10,000 digital terrestrial television (DTT) decoders available to the public ahead of the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games, as the country prepares to host its first Olympic event. The commitment…
Hundreds of AI apps with hidden sexual and violent deepfake features made it into Apple’s App Store after passing app review. The same apps were also available in the Google Play Store. A Wired investigation discovered a network of more…
The complaint argues that carding users before they reach an app is not so different from carding readers at a bookstore. The Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA), whose members include Google, Apple, and Amazon, has sued the state of Alabama…
The audit also found that 24 apps were not rated 18+ according to the app stores’ own requirements. Published Oct 24, 2026, 12:40 PM Updated Oct 24, 2026, 05:39 PM SINGAPORE – Nudification tools as well as murder- and gambling-themed games that involve payouts were among 65 objectionable apps flagged…
CNA Sixty-five applications have been removed from app stores in Singapore for breaching policies on harmful content. The Infocomm Media Development Authority performed covert checks on 7,000 apps for its first Online Safety Assessment Report. Nadirah Zaidi has more.
UltraViolet, a leading national women-led gender-justice organization responsible for numerous impactful victories against sexual predators and tech-facilitated sexual violence, issued the following statement in response to Apple updating its developer guidelines to ban AI “nudify” apps on its App Store,…
Apple framed the changes as a tightening of standards it already enforces. Its post says pornographic material “has long been prohibited on the App Store,” including “nudification” apps “that create sexually explicit images of real individuals without their consent.” What…
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