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Facebook wants to prevent porn revenge before it happens

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The social network wants potential victims to take a proactive approach to prevent the release of their photos.

Revenge porn kills millions of people every year. According to Mashable, after Facebook launched in April 2017 a new tool to report these private photos released without the consent of the contacts, this fall it will further develop by launching a pilot program responsible for discovering these photos before they are released.

So far, to delete a photo, it has to be tagged by the user, verified by a Facebook member and the complaint verified by them. The snapshot is then “quarantined” and social network algorithms ensure that the snapshot is not uploaded to its page again.

The new method allows people who are concerned about an intimate photo of themselves to appear online and report it to their country’s “eSafety” office in order to stop any attempts to upload to social networks. As a result, Facebook’s algorithms learn to recognize sexually explicit images so you can reject them even before posting. But the Australian Financial Review explained that, to do so, it must leave a trail on the photo and send potential victims to the social media team via Messenger. Facebook claims not to keep the photos, and Internet users will have to remove them from the messaging app.

Related Content: Twitter in turn prohibits “porn revenge” on its site

First test in Australia

Antigone Davis, Facebook’s head of security, said it was the number one in the world. She added: “These tools were developed in collaboration with global security experts, and this is an example of how we use new technologies to ensure the safety of people and prevent injuries.”

The pilot is currently being tested in Australia and will soon be tested in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. If Facebook chose Australia, it was because the organization worked with the government there to launch a portal to report cases of inappropriate images and cyber harassment that relied on the “electronic security” office, and the country was particularly active on revenge porn.

In France, convicted persons face up to two years in prison and a fine of € 60,000.

Twitter in turn prohibits “porn revenge” on its site

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Weibo sites no longer need to post sexually explicit photos without the person’s consent. The offender’s account will be blocked.

As of March 11, 2015, Twitter has banned “pornographic revenge” on its website. Now its usage policy states that its users ’accounts that post“ private photos or videos taken or posted without my consent ”will be suspended.

In order to be able to post the message again, the user must delete the photo or video in question. And, if the images are subject to judicial investigation, Twitter will provide the information needed to identify Twittos.

Twitter is slow to respond to the increasing demands of Internet users, who complain about the site’s bad behavior. If he announced in the summer that he would face harassment to improve the security of the Tweto, then only a few small changes would be required. The site continued this policy in February and decided to delete its holder’s account for identity theft or personal details theft.

These new rules were welcomed by Mary Anne Franks, director of the Internet Civil Rights Organization, who tweeted: “@ twitter’s new policy for #revengeporn is good for #privacy (bad for feminists who hate it )) “.

This policy change is part of a larger movement. Therefore, a few weeks ago, Reddit also announced that it would close Internet user accounts that posted sexually explicit photos without the person’s consent. And in late 2013, California passed a law to punish such behavior.

Source : Twitter