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Apple to block Holocaust photos from appearing in iPhone 'memories'
The company has published a list of 'sensitive locations' that pictures will be blocked from appearing in iPhone memories
May 9, 2022 13:19
The company has published a list of 'sensitive locations' that pictures will be blocked from appearing in iPhone memories
May 9, 2022 13:19Technology giant Apple is planning to block pictures from Holocaust sites appearing in automated compilations on all iPhones in its next update.
According to specialist news site 9to5mac.com, the latest update to Apple's Photos app will prevent pictures taken at certain locations from being included in its automated Memories feature.
Iphone's Memories are automated compilations of pictures from a user's camera roll that are automatically selected by Apple's algorithms.
The feature has been criticised in the past for surfacing pictures of dead relatives and ex-partners with no warning and the company introduced the ability to remove individuals from appearing in Memories in June 2021.
9to5Mac.com analysed code from the latest version of Iphone's operating system and found a list of locations that are blocked from the automatic compilation feature.
The list currently includes:
Yad Vashem Memorial
Dachau concentration camp
US Holocaust Museum
Majdanek concentration camp
Berlin Holocaust Memorial
Schindler Factory
Belzec extermination camp
Anne Frank House
Sobibor extermination camp
Treblinka extermination camp
Chelmno-Kulmhof extermination camp
Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp
Sites of historical importance to the events of the Holocaust have long been used for pictures deemed insensitive by Jewish groups and inidividuals.
In 2017, a German-Israeli artist found acclaim after photoshopping pictures of tourists posing at Holocaust sites onto pictures of Holocaust atrocities in an attempt to shame visitors out of taking lighthearted photos.
The website, 'Yolocaust' went viral and was described as both 'stinging' and 'powerful'.