According to a report by the British Guardian, Apple is now expanding its “nude photo scanner” to other countries. The company presented some youth protection functions last year and experienced numerous headwinds. In the meantime, the functions had been rebuilt and will start in the next few weeks in the UK, followed by Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
Specifically, it’s also about iMessage. If there are children in Family Sharing who can use iMessage, parents can enable a warning feature so that images showing nudity are blurred, including a block function. Children who use such images themselves will also receive a warning. This is to prevent children who have been persuaded from sending such pictures.
The verification of the images only takes place locally. It is not known how exactly nudity falls under nudity and what does not. Nowhere active so far: The recognition of CSAM content (Child Sexual Abuse Material), which caused the most criticism.