UK to “encourage” Apple and Google to put nudity-blocking systems on phones

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UK to “encourage” Apple and Google to put nudity-blocking systems on phones - Lemmy.zip

> “The UK government wants technology companies to block explicit images on phones and computers by default to protect children, with adults having to verify their age to create and access such content,” the FT report said. “Ministers want the likes of Apple and Google to incorporate nudity-detection algorithms into their device operating systems to prevent users taking photos or sharing images of genitalia unless they are verified as adults.”

Wasn’t there recently some ruckus about a “new” android service google installed to android phones that was supposed to do this? It was all over the news but now I can hardly find a mention.
This silent Android feature scans your photos for 'sensitive content' - how to disable it

Google said little about Android System SafetyCore before it appeared on phones. Fortunately, you can uninstall it.

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