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404 MediaonMastodon18h ago
Findings from the Tech Transparency Project claim that Google and Apple’s app stores not only host harmful apps that can undress images of women, but encourage users to find them.
https://www.404media.co/app-stores-apple-google-nudify-undress-deepfakes/
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Analysis Summary
Apple and Google's app stores are hosting and actively promoting apps that create nonconsensual nude images of women, according to research by the Tech Transparency Project released Wednesday. The stores placed ads for these apps in search results, featured them in autocomplete suggestions, and roughly 40% of apps returned by nudify-related searches performed this function—violating both companies' stated policies. This matters because these apps are already being used in schools to bully classmates and are widely available on social media, yet the platforms continue facilitating their distribution rather than removing them.
Claims Analysis (4)
“Google and Apple's app stores host harmful apps that can undress images of women”
Multiple sources confirm app stores contain nudify/undress apps. Bloomberg, 9to5Mac, and Macworld all corroborate.
“App stores encourage users to find nudify apps through search and advertising”
Tech Transparency Project found ads for nudify apps in top search results, autocomplete suggestions leading to these apps, and Apple placing ads for sexually explicit content.
“Roughly 40 percent of apps in top 10 search results for nudify-related terms could render women nude or scantily clad”
This specific finding is cited in the article as TTP's research result and reported by Bloomberg.
“Apple ran ads for nudify apps in search results, including top results for 'deepfake' searches”
Article explicitly states TTP found ads appeared as top results in three Apple searches and first deepfake result was nudify app.
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