User-Generated Content rule changes in Apple News 16/Oct//2026
1.2: Content moderation requirements now explicitly cover nonconsensual intimate imagery — including imagery generated using AI tools — as content that apps must proactively prevent and remove from their platforms
proactively prevent sounds like we are expected to check for nudity in image uploads?
Checking the actual review guideline seems to confirm this expectation
Apps that enable users to create, generate, upload, share, or otherwise contribute content ... To prevent abuse, such apps must include: A method for filtering objectionable material from being posted to the app
I have an app which allows people to create rich content for iMessage. I want to give people the ability to resell templates through an in-app store (eg: interactive greeting cards). Those templates will be visible to all users who wish to use them, free or paid.
It seems that anything that will allow creators to post such shared content for reuse now needs content checkers.
One comment on Reddit expressed another developer's concern - does this even extend to profile pictures on a shared directory?