NCOSE's Dirty Dozen List names Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg, Snapchat among 10 others
3. Apple App Store
The digital distribution platform made the 2026 Dirty Dozen List for reportedly giving parents a false sense of security while exposing children to deepfake pornography and other sexually explicit content.
NCOSE claims that on more than one occasion, the Apple App Store was caught hosting deepfake “nudify” apps after multiple porn apps — PicX, Tapart, MatureAI and Artifusion — avoided detection in the app store by using tame, inoffensive descriptions. Meanwhile, these apps advertised their “remove clothes” features on social media, and the Apple App Store didn’t remove the apps until journalists exposed them.
The advocacy group believes this shows “how easily Apple’s review system can miss dangerous apps and how simple it is for harmful AI tools to slip through the cracks.”
“Since being named to the 2023 Dirty Dozen List, the App Store continues to market harmful apps like Snapchat and Roblox to minors, exposing them to grooming, sextortion and explicit content, while its parental controls remain riddled with flaws and loopholes,” NCOSE stated. “As the architect of the digital ecosystem for millions of children, Apple has the tools and influence to lead the fight against exploitation — but instead, it has chosen the easy way out, to leave countless young people vulnerable to harm.”
Samantha Kamman is a reporter for The Christian Post. She can be reached at: samantha.kamman@christianpost.com. Follow her on Twitter: @Samantha_Kamman
