After it blocked adult sites, the UK government is reportedly about to ask Apple and Google to prevent any explicit images without device age verification.
It is already possible for parents to safeguard their children by restricting their access to age-inappropriate material on iPhone. But now according to the Financial Times, the UK wants smartphone users to have to verify their age in just the same way it now requires verification for adult websites.
If the report is correct, the aim would be to encourage Apple and Google to do this, rather than directly require it. Reportedly, the UK government considered mandating nudity-detecting algorithms, but for now is going to ask the companies to consider it.
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