Apple privately threatened to remove the Grok app from the App Store earlier this year after users generated sexualised deepfakes of women and children, according to a report by NBC News. The report notes Apple revealed the details in a recent letter to US senators.
Notably, after the controversy around non-consensual sexual images picked up pace, there was a lot of pressure on Apple to remove the X and Grok apps from its App Store over violation of its policies. A group of Democratic senators had even written to Apple Chief Tim Cook to suspend the…

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