WWDC protesters want Apple to ban Elon Musk’s apps
They’re also demanding a crackdown on child abuse imagery in iCloud.
by Jay Peters
Jun 8, 2026, 4:37 PM UTC
Jay Peters is a senior reporter covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme.
Apple’s big developer conference is today, and protesters are using the occasion to call on the company to remove “nudify apps” from the App Store and pull “known” child sexual abuse material from iCloud.
Outside the visitor’s center at Apple’s Cupertino campus, protesters have put up a large sign saying: “Apple is powered by child sexual abuse” and asking incoming CEO John Ternus “What will you do?” The protesters come from UltraViolet, a women’s advocacy group, and Heat Initiative, a group that aims to “hold tech companies accountable for enabling and profiting from child sexual abuse.”
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