Apple Forces UK iPhone Age Checks in iOS 26.4

Bumping the thread as I had an epiphany this morning and checked it out.

By not verifying your age, iMessage’s “Sensitive Content Warning” is on and not possible to disable. This means if you use iMessage, your phone will be scanning all incoming images and video for nudity. Apple’s wording around this is that they do not receive any signals regarding the content of course. Would be nice if this was possible to independently verify.

Really is a child’s device by default now, and the “parent” is Apple. I guess it was always this way, but this is just too far.

Apple Support

About Sensitive Content Warning on Apple devices - Apple Support

Choose to receive warnings about photos or videos that might contain nudity before viewing them, as well as resources to help you make a safe choice.