Ultraviolet
The email to Apple leaders reads:
I urge you to take immediate action to stop Apple from enabling the creation and distribution of Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM). Specifically, we (concerned parents, survivors and allies) demand that you: Remove Grok, X, and all “nudify” technology from the App Store immediately. Remove child sexual abuse images and videos from iCloud while preserving user privacy. In 2025, six major tech companies collectively reported more than 17 million pieces of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. Apple reported only 296. That is not a technical limitation. It’s a choice. And it’s a choice that makes Apple complicit in the ongoing abuse of children. In January, xAI's Grok — available through Apple's App Store — was used to generate an estimated 3 million sexual deepfakes of women, including approximately 23,000 depicting children. Survivors of this mass undressing are still living with the harm and harassment it caused. Apple is one of the only major tech companies that does not detect known CSAM in its services. You have the power and the responsibility to change that. We are asking you to choose children and survivors over inaction and profit.
I urge you to take immediate action to stop Apple from enabling the creation and distribution of Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM). Specifically, we (concerned parents, survivors and allies) demand that you:
In 2025, six major tech companies collectively reported more than 17 million pieces of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. Apple reported only 296. That is not a technical limitation. It’s a choice. And it’s a choice that makes Apple complicit in the ongoing abuse of children. In January, xAI's Grok — available through Apple's App Store — was used to generate an estimated 3 million sexual deepfakes of women, including approximately 23,000 depicting children. Survivors of this mass undressing are still living with the harm and harassment it caused. Apple is one of the only major tech companies that does not detect known CSAM in its services. You have the power and the responsibility to change that. We are asking you to choose children and survivors over inaction and profit.
On June 8, UltraViolet joined child safety advocates at Apple's World Developers Conference in California to deliver a message that Apple leaders cannot ignore: Apple is enabling the creation and distribution of Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM), and it has to stop.
We showed up — banner in hand, reading survivors' statements aloud for Apple leaders and coference attendees to hear — to demand that incoming Apple CEO John Ternus and other company leaders take two concrete actions: 1) remove Grok, X, and all “nudify” apps from the App Store, and and 2) detect and remove child sexual abuse images and videos from iCloud while still preserving user privacy. Apple leaders have the power to do both. Right now, Apple is choosing not to.
Will you keep the pressure on by emailing Apple leaders to demand they remove all “nudify” apps from the App Store and do more to prevent the storage of CSAM on iCloud? Your email will be sent immediately.