This week’s adult industry news: Apple tightens its nudify app ban, adult creators push back on Meta’s sexting AI, takedown notices expose hacked university sites, and Kink.com wins a domain fight.
Apple’s nudify app ban just got sharper. On Friday, October 16, Apple updated its App Review Guidelines to target AI tools that create nonconsensual images. Meanwhile, adult creators told WIRED that Meta’s new AI agent can sext while their own accounts stay restricted. In addition, new research shows creator takedown notices can reveal hacked websites. Finally, Kink.com won a domain dispute, and Canada’s age verification bill returns.
Apple Tightens Its Nudify App Ban on the App Store
Apple has long barred porn from the App Store. However, the new wording goes further on AI. According to Apple’s developer announcement, the content moderation rules in guideline 1.2 now explicitly cover nonconsensual intimate imagery. That includes images made with AI tools. Apps must proactively prevent and remove such content. Developers who lack adequate safeguards, or don’t fix violations after notice, risk removal.
Apple also clarified rule 2.5.19. It targets so-called bait-and-switch apps. These apps pass review as something harmless, then add features such as nudification after approval. As a result, apps caught doing this face removal from the App Store and from the Apple Developer Program. In addition, apps that facilitate trafficking or child exploitation will now be blocked from alternative distribution too.
Why the Nudify App Ban Matters for Creators
The update follows months of pressure. For example, San Francisco’s city attorney ordered Apple and Google in July to clean up nudify apps, TechCrunch reported. Also, an April Tech Transparency Project report found nudify apps in both stores, and some were rated suitable for minors. According to The Verge, the city named 13 apps, and Apple said it removed them.
Apple says it blocked over 150,000 apps with safety issues last year. For adult performers, the issue is personal, since AI deepfakes target real creators. As a result, a firmer nudify app ban at the store level matters to them.
Meta Muse Can Sext, but Creators Still Get Restricted
Meanwhile, Meta faces criticism from adult creators over its AI agent, Muse. According to WIRED, Meta lets users of the adults-only Muse app have explicit text chats with the agent. Muse writes explicit text, but it does not generate images or video.
Creators say that feels unfair. For instance, OnlyFans creator Vanniall often finds hyperrealistic deepfakes of herself and can’t always get them removed. Her Instagram account, with over 100,000 followers, is restricted. “It’s not fair that they get to pull money out of people with their sexually active AI agent, but they won’t let real people, real adults, engage in any sort of sensuality or sexuality,” she told WIRED.
Meta pushed back. A private adult chat with an AI agent on an 18+ platform “is very different from the marketing and promotion of services on a social media platform,” spokesperson Tracy Clayton said.
Other creators raised wider concerns. Jiz Lee wants to know how Muse was trained and who was paid for the data. Performer Tony Genius says he is on his seventh Instagram account in five years. For a closer look at one major creator platform, see our OnlyFans review.
Creator Takedowns Expose Hacked University Sites
Next, a security story with an adult twist. UpGuard research director Greg Pollock told Dark Reading that copyright takedowns tied to OnlyFans creators can reveal hacked websites. Attackers often break into university and government sites. Then they plant adult spam in search results, because Google trusts those domains.
Creators’ brand protection services report stolen content to Google. Consequently, hacked .edu and .gov pages end up in the same DMCA notices. Google publishes these requests in its Transparency Report. Pollock said Google lists about 18 billion copyright requests, and the No. 3 requester of all time is a big adult brand.
He added that creator takedown volume went from zero to millions in 2024 and 2025. However, the data is not a real-time detection tool. Instead, it offers an archive going back to 2011. His advice to site owners is simple: run a daily search check on your own domain for adult keywords.
Kink.com Wins WIPO Case Against Copycat Domain
In addition, Kink.com scored a trademark win. The World Intellectual Property Organization ruled for Cybernet Entertainment, which operates Kink.com and Kinkstore.com, XBIZ reported on October 19. It filed its complaint in August over the domain thebdsmkink.com.
According to the ruling, the copycat site sold similar BDSM products. It also used the Kink logo and copied Kink’s “About Us” text. The panel found the domain was registered in bad faith. Because the registrant never responded, WIPO ordered the domain transferred to Cybernet Entertainment.
Coming Up: Canada’s Bill S-209 and Exxxotica New Jersey
Finally, two dates to watch. In Canada, Bill S-209 heads back to the House of Commons. The Senate bill would restrict young people’s online access to pornographic material. According to the October 19 Order Paper, second reading debate resumes on or after Friday, October 23. The bill already passed the Senate in April, per LEGISinfo. To see how these rules compare worldwide, read our age verification laws explainer.
Meanwhile, Exxxotica New Jersey runs October 23 to 25 in Edison, XBIZ noted. We’ll keep tracking Apple’s nudify app ban in our next update.
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