By Lola Murti
Publication Date: 2026-01-27 12:00:00
Under the EU’s Digital Markets Act, Apple is required to allow developers to freely inform customers of alternative offers outside its App Store.
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The Apple and Google Play app stores are hosting dozens of “nudify” apps that can take photos of people and use artificial intelligence to generate nude images of them, according to a report Tuesday from an industry watchdog.
A review of the two app stores conducted in January by Tech Transparency Project found 55 nudify apps on Google Play and 47 in the Apple App Store, according to the organization’s report that was shared exclusively with CNBC.
After being contacted by TPP and CNBC last week, an Apple spokesperson on Monday said that the company removed 28 apps identified in the report. The iPhone maker said it also alerted developers of other apps that they risk removal from the Apple App Store if guideline violations aren’t addressed.
Two of the apps removed by Apple were restored to the store…
