A new mobile app has been launched in the United States to give parents the ability to know when their sons or daughters have been sending or receiving nude pictures or videos through text messages without invading their children’s privacy.
YIPO Technologies announced the release of its Gallery Guardian app in the U.S. last week after it was launched in the United Kingdom earlier this year.
The app, which will be available in the Apple App Store and Google Play Store, uses artificial intelligence to detect when children are creating or receiving inappropriate photographs and videos through social media apps. Guardian Gallery will alert parents when it finds “unhealthy usage behaviors” like “sexting,” a press release explains.
“Social media has created new challenges for parents, but the answer isn’t to load spyware on your child’s phone,” the founder and CEO of YIPO Technologies, Daniel Skowronski, said in a statement. “With Gallery Guardian, parents can protect their children while respecting their privacy.”
The app is powered by an advanced algorithm that is “trained to detect nudity in images.” It will then notify the parents.
“While parents can’t view the content, Gallery Guardian offers tools and resources for them to understand how to approach the issue with their teen and initiate the first conversation,” the release details.
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