Apple is globally releasing a communication safety feature for Messages that is intend to prevent children from viewing or sharing images that contain nudity. This feature has been live in the US since December 2021.
It is design to automatically detect and blur nude images being sent or receive by a child.
This feature is turn off by default and can be activate at any time by parents on their child’s Apple device.
It prompts children to make safe choices and even contact an adult regarding the flagged photo.
Apple’s child safety feature is arriving in the UK, this feature is rolling out in Canada, New Zealand, and Australia.
The Cupertino company says that the Messages app uses on-device machine learning to scan images for nudity, which also prevents Apple from directly accessing these photos.
How to Activate Apple Communication Safety in Messages?
Parents have to make sure that their Apple devices are update to iOS 15.2 or later, iPadOS 15.2 or later, or macOS Monterey 12.1 or later.
Follow These Steps :
- Parents need to register their child’s device with its Apple ID and add it to a Family Sharing group.
- They can look for the Screen Time settings on their Apple devices and select their child’s device.
- Parents have to select Communication Safety and turn on the Check for Sensitive Photos settings.
- Parents might require the Screen Time passcode for the select device.
- The Messages app would automatically blur images that it detects to contain nudity.
- Children will then be prompt to contact an adult that they can trust.
If the child is below the age of 13 years, Messages automatically asks them to get in touch with their parents or guardians.
You can read the official post by Apple on its support page to get more information regarding this feature.
