{"id":327831,"date":"2026-06-10T06:52:20","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T06:52:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=327831"},"modified":"2026-06-11T05:22:32","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T05:22:32","slug":"device-level-nudity-detection-uk-govt-blackmailing-public-into-digital-id","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=327831","title":{"rendered":"\u201cDevice-Level\u201d Nudity Detection: UK Gov\u2019t Blackmailing Public into Digital ID"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Kit Knightly \u2013 Off-Guardian June 9, 2026<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>British Prime Minister <em>Sir<\/em> Keir Starmer announced plans, in a speech earlier today, to introduce \u201cdevice-level controls\u201d that will prevent children from viewing, sending or taking naked photographs:<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This government will not stand by while children are put at risk online.<\/p>\n<p>Today I am calling on the tech companies to introduce device-level controls to prevent children from taking, sharing or viewing nude images.<\/p>\n<p>And if they don\u2019t act, we will.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Keir Starmer (@Keir_Starmer) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Keir_Starmer\/status\/2063900280299675847?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 8, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>According to Justice Minister Catherine Atkinson, the UK will become <em>\u201cthe first country where it will be impossible for children to take, share or view naked pictures\u201d<\/em><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The UK will be the first country where it will be impossible for children to take, share or view naked pictures, a justice minister tells <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/LeahBoleto?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@LeahBoleto<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The government says tech companies must stop this happening within three months or they&#8217;ll be forced to act through legislation. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZQ3MWobQ2X\">pic.twitter.com\/ZQ3MWobQ2X<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sky News (@SkyNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SkyNews\/status\/2063938843858927946?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 8, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em>The only way this is even close to enforceable is if one or more of the following measures are in place:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>You must verify your age by linking your digital devices to your ID.<\/li>\n<li>You must allow the government \u2013 or whatever private third-party agency the government employs \u2013 access to your phone\u2019s data and files at all times.<\/li>\n<li>You must allow third-party software to scan every attempted photo.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>It means \u201cnudity detection\u201d on every app on the device, at all times. There\u2019s literally no other way of doing it. From the government\u2019s website <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/news\/new-plans-to-stop-children-taking-sharing-or-viewing-nude-images\">earlier today<\/a> [emphasis added]:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Apple recently introduced age checks for iPhone users, making it the first company to activate safety features by default for those who are not verified as over 18. This is a significant step forward following the government\u2019s commitments to work with industry, and one this announcement builds on.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Despite this, the <strong>nudity detection is not applied to the camera or broader apps, third-party messaging services, or search functions<\/strong>, meaning children can still take, view, share and save nude images. <strong>The government therefore wants Apple and Google to block nudity across the whole device by default<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2026but don\u2019t worry, just verify your age via digital ID or biometrics or whatever, and the government won\u2019t look at your internet history or share your nudes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Over-18s will still be able to view adult content by providing proof of age.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s the basest of blackmail, that\u2019s all.<\/p>\n<p>The UK government wants to make it mandatory that everybody verifies their age by linking their ID to their smartphones or other digital devices.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s ALL they want.<\/p>\n<p>We all know what this is really about.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>\u00a0&#8212;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em>Help support Off-Guardian:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ko-fi.com\/offguardian\"><em>\u00a0<\/em>Ko-fi<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.subscribestar.com\/offguardian\">\u00a0Subscribestar<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=CKFB3MH8CGB9U\">Paypal<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/off-guardian.org\/2026\/06\/08\/device-level-nudity-detection-uk-govt-blackmailing-public-into-digital-id\/\"><em>\u00a0<\/em>\u00a0Source\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the face of it Keir Starmer\u2019s plan to prevent children from seeing or sharing nude photos seems perfectly reasonable. But as Kit Knightly explains, there may much more to Starmer\u2019s plan than is apparent <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39262,"featured_media":327833,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[61,42,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-327831","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-Commentary","category-controlling-the-news-andor-the-free-exchange-of-ideas-and-information","category-The_Media"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327831","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/39262"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=327831"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327831\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":327834,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327831\/revisions\/327834"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/327833"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=327831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=327831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=327831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}