Apple takes down AI ‘nudify’ app after explicit AI image of female politicians appeared in Meta ads

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Incident details

Incident ID: inc_2026_08_19_2abf5c28
Date source: article_published_at_fallback
Country: United States
Platform: Social Media
Incident type: Non Consensual Synthetic Image
Verification level: reported_but_unverified

Harm types

Non Consensual Imagery Reputational Harm Harassment Political Impersonation

Topics

Deepfake Synthetic Image Image Manipulation Visual Impersonation Digital Identity Abuse

Summary

According to reporting cited in the article, advertisements for an AI image app called Kromix ran on Meta platforms (Facebook and Instagram) and one of the ads reportedly showed a sexually explicit AI-generated image of a female US politician. The ads’ campaign comprised about 32 separate ads, which the article says were targeted at male users. After the Wired report, Apple removed the Kromix app from the App Store and Meta removed the advertising campaign from its platforms. The article describes the images as sexually explicit deepfakes/nonconsensual AI-generated imagery and notes Apple said ‘‘nudification’’ apps violate its App Review Guidelines.

Sources

Apple takes down AI ‘nudify’ app after explicit AI image of female politicians appeared in Meta ads - BusinessToday

businesstoday.in · 2026-08-19 · Primary