'It could change lives': HMD debuts the 'pornography incompatible' HMD Fuse kids' smartphone – and it really does work

• HMD has released the HMD Fuse, a smartphone with AI software that blocks all nude content
• HarmBlock+ blocks or deletes nude content within seconds of detection
• The phone is currently exclusive to Vodafone and Three in the UK

Finnish company HMD, best known as the maker of Nokia phones, has released a new device for teens that uses AI to block the viewing, sending, receiving, and creation of nude images.

The HMD Fuse, which is available now, uses British online safety company SafeToNet’s HarmBlock+ AI to detect and block harmful content, even on live streams or video calls.

HarmBlock+ is embedded at the OS level, can’t be switched off or worked around, and works across any app or content type by scanning for nude imagery at the screen rendering stage. When such imagery is detected, the entire screen is blocked, and any communications apps are ...