Advocacy Groups Demand Apple and Google Remove X and Grok Over Nonconsensual Deepfakes
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Robert Hart
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Summary
A coalition of 28 advocacy groups, including women's organizations and tech watchdogs, is demanding that Apple and Google remove X (formerly Twitter) and xAI's Grok from their app stores. The groups accuse the platforms of being 'awash with nonconsensual sexual deepfakes' that violate Apple's and Google's policies, and claim the tech companies are enabling and profiting from this content by allowing the apps to remain available. The organizations sent open letters to Apple CEO Tim Cook and Google CEO Sundar Pichai, urging them to take action against the platforms.
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Apple and Google are enabling and profiting from nonconsensual deepfakes by allowing X and Grok to remain on app stores
a coalition of 28 advocacy groups, including women's organizations and tech watchdogs, are demanding CEOs Tim Cook and Sundar Pichai grow spines and evict them
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