Facebook To Implement Child Pornography Detection

Tomorrow Facebook will announce a new technology developed by Microsoft called PhotoDNA, which will automatically identify child porn images being shared by users of the site

Tomorrow Facebook will announce that the implemented a new technology developed by Microsoft called PhotoDNA, which will automatically identify child porn images being shared by users of the site

While it’s not clear how much child porn is shared on Facebook at any given point, such a system will be helpful for investigators looking to identify the criminals who are sharing such images.

According to an article published by the New York Times, Microsoft claims that this is a widespread problem which is becoming “increasingly violent and depicting increasingly young children, including infants and toddlers.”

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