--- title: Apple and Google ordered to purge ‘nudify’ apps from App... description: San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu has ordered Apple and Google to remove dozens of 'nudify' apps from their app stores, citing California laws that... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/apple-and-google-ordered-to-purge-nudify-apps-from-app-stores-g30awufmj twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Apple and Google ordered to purge ‘nudify’ apps from App Stores | daily.dev og:description: San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu has ordered Apple and Google to remove dozens of 'nudify' apps from their app stores, citing California laws that... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/apple-and-google-ordered-to-purge-nudify-apps-from-app-stores-g30awufmj og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/G30AwufmJ.png og:image:alt: Apple and Google ordered to purge ‘nudify’ apps from App Stores og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Apple and Google ordered to purge ‘nudify’ apps from App Stores **[TechCrunch](https://daily.dev/sources/tc)** · 2 min read · 4 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu has ordered Apple and Google to remove dozens of 'nudify' apps from their app stores, citing California laws that criminalize facilitating non-consensual deepfake pornography. Despite repeated warnings from the Tech Transparency Project in January and April, both companies continued hosting and profiting from these apps. The letters warn of potential civil penalties and give the companies 28 days to respond. Both companies are alleged to have made millions in fees from these apps. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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