UK-based 'nudify' services targeted by Australia's online safety watchdog
By Saloni Sinha and James Panichi ( September 8, 2025, 06:50 GMT | Insight) -- Australia’s online-safety regulator has issued a warning to an unnamed UK-based technology company for providing “nudify” services, just a few days after the Australian government announced a crackdown on harmful technologies. The Australian eSafety Commissioner said Monday it had issued a formal warning to the technology company for breaching the 2021 Online Safety Act by "enabling the creation of child sexual exploitation material through the provision of its online 'nudify' services."Australia’s online-safety regulator has issued a warning to an unnamed UK-based technology company for providing “nudify” services, just a few days after the Australian government announced a crackdown on harmful technologies....
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