HMD Fuse launches as the world's first "pornography incompatible" phone

A hot potato: HMD Global, the current licensee of the Nokia brand, has released a new phone that is supposedly a world's first: a handset designed for children that uses AI to block the filming, sending, viewing, and saving of nude or sexual images, even within a livestream.

The HMD Fuse works through tight integration with HarmBlock+ AI. Developed by British online safety firm SafeToNet, it is built directly into the device at the OS level, ensuring it cannot be removed, bypassed, tampered with, or disabled by kids.

HarmBlock+ prevents explicit content from all sources. On the web, blacklisted websites known to contain nudity are blocked, while nude imagery on any site is covered. Any adult content that appears in commnication apps and even livestreams will also be blocked.

The tech can also scan locally stored images, videos, and files, deleting anything containing nudity and making the user aware ...