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Judge denies xAI’s request to block Minnesota ban on ‘nudify’ apps
gedaliyahhttps://techcrunch.com/2026/08/01/judge-denies-xais-request-to-block-minnesota-ban-on-nudify-apps/
Despite a lawsuit from xAI, a Minnesota ban on apps that allow users to “nudify” images can move forward, according to NBC News. U.S. District Judge Donovan Frank’s ruling focused as much on the timing of xAI’s lawsuit as on the substance of the law itself. Frank wrote that xAI filed its request for a temporary restraining order “on July 29, 2026, nearly three months after the law was signed, and only three days before the law is set to take effect” on August 1.
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How wild it is to cheer for broad censorship, but here I am cheering.
This crosses a line that I think doesn’t quite qualify this as censorship. It’s like the phrase “your rights end where mine begin”. It’s not within your rights to view people nude, especially on the fucking interwebs, without their consent.
I think I’m okay with censoring the imaginary bits of private people.
Those were already illegal in Minnesota. This is a law that goes further and bans services or “software” that has the ability to remove clothing from images of people.
And especially children.
I’m fine with allowing it with specific consent of the parties involved. And no option to shift the responsibility onto the user. So fine the company for every time there isn’t. Doubly so if it’s use becomes abusive. Jail if it’s children.
LLMs have never displayed the capability to reject requests on a moral basis, but if such a hypothetical service existed then sure. (It can’t because it’s entirely uneconomical compared to just having a consenting party undress in the first place).
I should not be able to exercise my rights if doing so directly violates yours. I think that is at the root of a lot of law.
How DARE Democrats NOT Let us make CHILD PORN!
-Elon Musk!
Hey, there is at least ONE racist, sexist, homophobic, transphobic, libertarian representative from Kentucky that ALSO happens to not be ok with child porn and pedophiles.
Like, the bar is so fucking low that Thomas fucking Massie is at the top of it in that party.
Like, I think we might need some reeducation camps at some point guys. We can make them more comfortable and humane than “gulags” or whatever. But, what the fuck do we do with these people otherwise? Seriously, I want to know. What else can undo this level of rot in our society?
cool. now make elon pay for the water treatment plant in memphis.