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Chiara Castro

A spy in your pocket? How the UK’s proposed on-device nude image blocking could work in reality

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer delivers a speech at London Tech Week on June 8, 2026 in London, England + TechRadar's Leave No Trace logo on top left corner.

This year, London Tech Week is set to be remembered for an 'innovation' in how we use our devices — but not one that tech fans would expect or, perhaps, want.

On its opening day on Monday, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer took the stage at the Olympia event and gave Big Tech an ultimatum: Apple and Google have three months to implement on-device scanning technology to prevent children from accessing explicit images.

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