“The UK government wants technology companies to block explicit images on phones and computers by default to protect children, with adults having to verify their age to create and access such content,” the FT report said. “Ministers want the likes of Apple and Google to incorporate nudity-detection algorithms into their device operating systems to prevent users taking photos or sharing images of genitalia unless they are verified as adults.”
Same as it ever was. Once teenagers are old enough to look for nudity or sexualised content, they will get it. It’s just not paper mags hidden in bedroom furniture any more. The real problem is antisocial media giants and some advertisers pushing porn at kids who never looked for it and the government are scared of fakebook, google and friends, so won’t deal with that.
This sort of nonsense is a way to look like they’re doing something, while also making it massively easier for the spies, all under cover of “won’t somebody think of the children”.