khaskhabar.com : Tuesday, February 28, 2023 1:31 PM
New Delhi. Meta has announced a new platform to stop the spread of intimate images of minors online. The social network said it financially supported the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) in the development of ‘Take It Down’, a platform that helps adults stop the online dissemination of their intimate photos.
“We’ve also introduced some new features that make it more difficult for suspicious adults to interact with teens on Instagram,” said Antigone Davies, global head of safety at Meta.
‘Take It Down’ allows people to take back control of their intimate photos.
People can go to takeitdown.ncmec and follow the instructions to submit a case that will actively search for their intimate photos on participating apps.
The platform assigns them ‘a numerical code’ for their image or video, privately and directly from their device.
Meta said, “Once they submit the hash to NCMEC, companies like ours can use that hash to find any copies of the image, take them down, and prevent the content from appearing on our website in the future.” Can block posting on apps.”
With the launch of Take It Down, people of all ages can stop the spread of their intimate photos online, including young people under the age of 18. A parent or trusted adult on behalf of a young person and adults who are concerned about images taken of them when they are under 18 years of age.
On Instagram, the company recently introduced new features to make it even more difficult for suspicious adults to interact with teens.
“Now these adults will no longer see teen accounts when scrolling through the list of people who have liked a post, or when viewing an account’s list of followers or unfollowers,” the company said.
If a suspicious adult follows a teen account, “we will send that teen a notification prompting them to review and remove the new follower.”
The company is also prompting teens to review and restrict their privacy settings.
“We have developed more than 30 tools to support the safety of teens and families in our apps, including supervision tools for parents and age-verification technology that helps teens find age-appropriate online experiences,” Meta said. helps to achieve.”(IANS)
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