{"id":23425,"date":"2026-06-08T10:37:18","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T08:37:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/08\/starmer-gives-tech-firms-ultimatum-to-block-explicit-images-on-childrens-phones\/"},"modified":"2026-06-08T10:37:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T08:37:18","slug":"starmer-gives-tech-firms-ultimatum-to-block-explicit-images-on-childrens-phones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/08\/starmer-gives-tech-firms-ultimatum-to-block-explicit-images-on-childrens-phones\/","title":{"rendered":"Starmer gives tech firms ultimatum to block explicit images on children\u2019s phones"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Companies such as Apple and Google have until September to install software or face legislation, says PM<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/politics\/live\/2026\/jun\/08\/keir-starmer-technology-ai-online-harms-labour-andy-burnham-makerfield-kemi-badenoch-uk-politics-latest-news-updates\">UK politics live \u2013 latest updates<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Apple and Google have been given until September to install software that blocks explicit images on children\u2019s mobile phones or face legislation enforcing its requirement, Keir Starmer said on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The prime minister said tech companies must activate nudity-detection algorithms or other technical solutions on smartphones and tablets to prevent users taking photos or sharing images of genitalia unless they are verified as adults.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2026\/jun\/08\/starmer-tech-firms-ultimatum-block-explicit-images-children-phones\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/c63533c46bc7419b46ab5f9695aa935ed5e8e3fd\/378_0_3527_2821\/master\/3527.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=7716776fd0846d9d95b793d2dce021b2\" title=\"Starmer gives tech firms ultimatum to block explicit images on children\u2019s phones\" \/>Companies such as Apple and Google have until September to install software or face legislation, says PM<br \/>\nUK politics live \u2013 latest updates<br \/>\nApple and Google have been given until September to install software that blocks explicit images on children\u2019s mobile phones or face legislation enforcing its requirement, Keir Starmer said on Monday.<br \/>\nThe prime minister said tech companies must activate nudity-detection algorithms or other technical solutions on smartphones and tablets to prevent users taking photos or sharing images of genitalia unless they are verified as adults. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Companies such as Apple and Google have until September to install software or face legislation, says PM UK politics live \u2013 latest updates Apple and Google have been given until September to install software that blocks explicit images on children\u2019s mobile phones or face legislation enforcing its requirement, Keir Starmer said on Monday. The prime &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/08\/starmer-gives-tech-firms-ultimatum-to-block-explicit-images-on-childrens-phones\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Starmer gives tech firms ultimatum to block explicit images on children\u2019s phones<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":23426,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23425"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23425"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23425\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23426"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}