San Francisco Demands Apple and Google Delete AI 'Nudify' Apps from App Stores
San Francisco has ordered Apple and Google to remove dozens of 'nudify' apps that use AI to digitally undress people in photos, citing California laws against non-consensual deepfake pornography.
The city of San Francisco has ordered Apple and Google to remove dozens of “nudify” apps — — software programs that can digitally alter pictures to unclothe the people in them — from their app stores.
California law criminalizes any activity that “knowingly facilitates” or “recklessly aids or abets” the creation of non-consensual deepfake pornography. In 2025, California also passed a law that allows victims to pursue civil actions against third-party facilitators of such material. The city says that, despite these well-known regulations, both tech companies have continued to host and make money from such programs.