US teens can access ‘nudify’ apps despite Apple and Google’s parental controls, report finds

In a troubling revelation, a report from the Tech Transparency Project (TTP) has found that teenagers in the United States can still access apps designed to create nonconsensual nude imagery, despite parental controls implemented by Apple and Google. This issue came to light following a distressing incident in December 2025, when Morgan Dorfman learned that a student at her daughter’s Pennsylvania high school was using an AI image-editing app called Movely to generate pornographic material featuring her daughter and other girls.

Dorfman’s daughter’s experience is not isolated; many high school students across the U.S. are facing similar situations. These so-called "nudify apps" allow users to create nonconsensual pornographic or nude imagery. Despite various governments attempting to ban these platforms and most U.S. states criminalizing the possession of AI-generated child sexual abuse material, these apps continue to proliferate.

TTP researchers created four test accounts, simulating 13-year-olds, and downloaded 135 apps that featured capabilities to strip clothing from images or swap faces onto nude bodies. The researchers used AI-generated images for their tests rather than real photographs.