UK gives Apple and Google three-month ultimatum to protect children from sharing explicit images
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Chris Stokel-Walker
8d ago· 5 min readenNews
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UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has given Apple, Google, and other tech companies a three-month ultimatum to voluntarily implement measures preventing children from creating and sharing explicit images on their devices. If they fail to act, the government will introduce legislation to enforce such protections. Experts note the technical challenges involved, including privacy concerns and the difficulty of distinguishing between consensual and non-consensual sharing among minors.
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bskyUK gives Apple and Google three-month ultimatum to protect children from sharing explicit imagesnewscientist.comKey quotes
· 3 pulledI am calling on tech companies operating in this country to introduce vice controls that prevent children from sending and receiving sexually explicit images.
This is not an impossible challenge. If they choose not, then we will act, and we will change the law.
Tech firms have three months to put in place measures that stop children in the UK from being able to create and share explicit images of themselves on devices – or face regulation to enforce this.
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has warned tech firms, including Apple and Google, that they must voluntarily implement tools to stop children sharing explicit images, but experts warn this is easier said than done
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