Twitter To Implement Microsoft's PhotoDNA System To Block Child Porn
The Guardian reported yesterday, in an exclusive from Twitter, that the social network will be introducing a tagging system to prevent child porn images being posted.
Unfortunately, the current Twitter ecosystem sees millions of child abuse pictures posted among the millions of tweets sent every day.
The system, which will use a Microsoft-developed industry standard called PhotoDNA, is to be implemented “later this year if possible.”
The news comes on the heels of UK Prime Minister David Cameron’s announcement of an initiative to tackle child pornography across the Internet, not just social networks.
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