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Unsolicited lewd photos and harassment have become part and parcel of dating app culture in recent years. Bumble has decided to put its weight behind combatting the issue that has long dogged dating app users.

Bumble is launching an AI tool that will warn users when they've been sent an obscene photo.

SEE ALSO: OkCupid launches anti-dick pic pledge to cut down on harassment. But, is it enough?

Andrey Andreev — founder of the dating group that includes Bumble, Lumen, and Badoo — and his team used AI to build a feature that's able to capture images in realtime.

The feature, which they've named "Private Detector," will automatically blur any lewd images that are shared within a chat, and let the user know that they've received an explicit image. The user can then decide if they want to open the image, or block it. They also have the option of reporting the image to Bumble's moderators.

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The feature will roll out in June 2019 for all users of Bumble, Badoo, Chappy, and Lumen.

"The safety of our users is without question the number one priority in everything we do and the development of Private Detector is another undeniable example of that commitment," Andreev said in a statement emailed to Mashable.

"The sharing of lewd images is a global issue of critical importance and it falls upon all of us in the social media and social networking worlds to lead by example and to refuse to tolerate inappropriate behaviour on our platforms," he continued.

Bumble isn't the first app to try to tackle the issue of unwanted sexually explicit photos. In 2017, OKCupid announced it would make all current and future users take an anti-harassment pledge stating that they wouldn't send unsolicited nude photos on the app.

SEE ALSO: Put your undies back on. New data reveals sexting isn't so great after all.

Bumble CEO and founder Whitney Wolfe Herd is working with Texas state lawmakers on a bill to make the sending of unsolicited explicit photos a "punishable crime," per a statement emailed to Mashable. The bill, which recently passed the Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence, will be debated at the Texas House of Representatives.

"The digital world can be a very unsafe place overrun with lewd, hateful and inappropriate behaviour. There’s limited accountability, making it difficult to deter people from engaging in poor behaviour," Wolfe Herd said in a statement.

"The 'Private Detector,' and our support of this bill are just two of the many ways we’re demonstrating our commitment to making the internet safer."

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