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About communication safety in Messages

Messages now includes tools that warn children and provide helpful
resources if they receive or attempt to send photos that may contain
nudity.

Turn on communication safety to help protect your child from viewing
or sharing photos that contain nudity in the Messages app. If
Messages detects that a child receives or is attempting to send this
type of photo, Messages blurs the photo before it's viewed on your
child's device and provides guidance and age-appropriate resources to
help them make a safe choice, including contacting someone they trust
if they choose. 

Messages uses on-device machine learning to analyze image attachments
and determine if a photo appears to contain nudity. The feature is
designed so that Apple doesn't get access to the photos.

The communication safety feature requires iOS 15.2 or later, iPadOS
15.2 or later, or macOS Monterey 12.1 or later, and is available
to child accounts signed in with their Apple ID and part of a Family
Sharing group. This feature is off by default. 

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Turn on communication safety in Screen Time settings

You can turn on communication safety at any time in Screen Time
settings for your child's account.  

 1. On your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, go to Settings > Screen
    Time. On a Mac, choose Apple menu > System Preferences, then
    click Screen Time. (If you haven't already turned on Screen
    Time, use parental controls to turn it on.)
 2. Tap the name of a child in your family group. 
 3. Then tap Communication Safety, and tap Continue. 
 4. Turn on Check for Sensitive Photos. You may need to enter the
    Screen Time passcode for the device.
    iPhone Communication Safety Settings

You can turn off communication safety for your child at any time in
Screen Time settings. 

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If Messages detects an image that appears to contain nudity

If Messages determines that a photo your child has received or is
about to send appears to contain nudity, it blurs the image, displays
a warning that the photo may be sensitive, and offers ways to get
help. 

Ways to get help

Messages offers the child several ways to get help--including leaving
the conversation, blocking the contact, leaving a group message, and
accessing online safety resources--and reassures the child that it's
okay if they don't want to view the photo or continue the
conversation. 

iPhone Messages Ways to get help options

Message someone they trust

As an additional precaution, the child has the option to message an
adult that they trust about the photo. If the child is under 13,
Messages prompts the child to start a conversation with their parent
or guardians.

iPhone New Message to Mom and Dad

If the child chooses to view or send an image that contains nudity

If the child chooses to view or send the photo, Messages confirms
that they're sure they want to do so and suggests alternatives, again
reassuring the child that it's okay not to participate and that more
help is available.

iPhone view sensitive photo confirmation screen

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Published Date: June 21, 2022
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