New App Store Rules Target AI Deepfakes and Nudify Apps
17-10-2026 00:21 via macrumors.com

New App Store Rules Target AI Deepfakes and Nudify Apps

Apple today expanded its App Store moderation rules to cover AI-generated nonconsensual intimate imagery. Sexually explicit content was already banned, but now Apple says app developers must proactively prevent and remove AI-generated deepfakes from their platforms. Apple warns that apps with offending content could be removed from the ‌App Store‌ if developers fail to act.
The updated 1.2 rule names AI content creation apps and could be targeting apps like Grok, among others. Users ha
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