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Facebook claims its new AI technology can automatically detect revenge porn

sudshr47 March 15, 2019

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Facebook is ramping up its fight against revenge porn.

On Friday, the company announced the launch of its new AI technology that it says can proactively detect “near-nude” images and video shared without consent. Facebook says that with this tool it can now automatically flag revenge porn before anyone even reports it.

Facebook previously relied on its users, often times the victims themselves, to notify the social network about this type of nonconsensual content found on the platform. This posed a problem.

“Often victims are afraid of retribution so they are reluctant to report the content themselves or are unaware the content has been shared,” says Facebook’s global head of safety Antigone Davis in a post. Read more…

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Facebook says its new A.I. technology can detect ‘revenge porn’

sudshr47 March 15, 2019

Facebook on Friday announced a new artificial intelligence powered tool that it says will help the social network detect revenge porn – the nonconsensually shared intimate images that, when posted online, can have devastating consequences for those who appear in the photos. The technology will leverage both A.I. and machine learning techniques to proactively detect […]

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Women Warriors: A global movement against online misogyny

sudshr47 September 16, 2018

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Editor’s Note: This piece is part of an ongoing series exploring what it means to be a woman on the internet.

Women around the world are harnessing the power of the internet to build a new set of digital ethics based on consent.

They include Katelyn Bowden in the U.S., who found out a year ago that intimate photos of her were posted online by a man who had allegedly stolen her boyfriend’s phone. And Emma Holten in Europe, whose intimate photos were leaked online after her identity was hijacked seven years ago. There’s also Saba Eitizaz, who was doxxed, threatened, and eventually forced to flee her home country of Pakistan Read more…

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How women across the globe are fighting back against revenge porn

sudshr47 September 11, 2018

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Editor’s Note: This piece is part of an ongoing series exploring what it means to be a woman on the internet.

Women around the world are harnessing the power of the internet to build a new set of digital ethics based on consent.

They include Katelyn Bowden in the U.S., who found out a year ago that intimate photos of her were posted online by a man who had allegedly stolen her boyfriend’s phone. And Emma Holten in Europe, whose intimate photos were leaked online after her identity was hijacked seven years ago. There’s also Saba Eitizaz, who was doxxed, threatened, and eventually forced to flee her home country of Pakistan Read more…

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Deepfakes are about to make revenge porn so much worse

sudshr47 June 24, 2018

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This piece is part of an ongoing series exploring what it means to be a woman on the internet. 

When the world realized late last year that you could convincingly superimpose one person’s face onto another person’s face in a video, it was because men used the “deepfake” technology to force their favorite actresses to appear in their pornography of choice. Of course, they boasted about it on Reddit and 4chan, which prompted a frantic debate about the ethics of using artificial intelligence to swap people’s faces — and identities. 

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Woman is awarded $6.4 million in one of the largest revenge porn cases ever

sudshr47 April 12, 2018

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$6.4 million. That’s the latest bill for sharing revenge porn. 

In a landmark case in California, one of the largest ever judgements in a revenge porn case has seen the United States District Court awarding $6.4 million to a Los Angeles County woman.

Reported by The New York Times, the plaintiff, listed anonymously as Jane Doe, sued her former partner, David K. Elam II, in December 2014 for sharing explicit photographs — private images she had sent while they were dating — on porn sites, including identified revenge porn site MyEx, after their break-up in 2013. Eight images were allegedly shared straight to Tumblr. Read more…

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Over 1,000 charged for sharing revenge porn on Facebook

sudshr47 January 16, 2018

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Over 1000 people have been charged for sharing sexually explicit content without consent on Facebook in the biggest case of its kind in Denmark.

According to Danish police, two videos and a sexually explicit image involving two 15-year-olds were originally posted to Facebook Messenger, the platform’s private chat service. The video was then shared hundreds of times across the platform, and now, a total of 1,004 young people have been charged — and about 800 are male, reports Bloomberg. While the content was posted by someone within Denmark, it’s unclear if everyone accused of sharing it are from the country. Read more…

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FTC and state of Nevada crack down on revenge porn site

sudshr47 January 9, 2018

 In a complaint filed against MyEx.com, the FTC and state of Nevada allege the website violates both federal and state law by featuring intimate images of people, along with their personal information, without their consent. MyEx, which the FTC describes as being “dedicated solely to revenge porn,” is a website that lets people upload photos and information about their ex partners.… Read More

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‘Revenge porn’ bill would criminalize posting nude photos without consent nationwide

sudshr47 November 28, 2017

Enough is enough when it comes to posting explicit content, like photos or videos with nudity, without consent. 
The practice, known as “revenge porn” or “sextortion,” has been in the spotlight recently due to high-profile cases involving celebr…

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Facebook reveals more info on its plan to stop revenge porn using your nudes

sudshr47 November 9, 2017

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Facebook wants your nude photos. 

We’re not kidding. It’s part of an effort by the social network to prevent revenge porn from spreading via its network. But the idea of sending nude photos to one of the world’s most profitable companies frightened people. 

Facebook asks people to send them their nudes so they can prevent them from being posted as revenge porn. Nothing will go wrong with this planhttps://t.co/ftQbQji4YD

— Eva (@evacide) November 8, 2017

On Thursday, Facebook further clarified how the program works via a blog post titled “The Facts: Non-Consensual Intimate Image Pilot” and published by Facebook’s Global Head of Safety Antigone Davis.  Read more…

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Facebook defends revenge porn pilot that has people upload nude images of themselves

sudshr47 November 9, 2017

 Facebook Global Head of Safety Antigone Davis has clarified some things about how Facebook’s test pilot to combat revenge porn in Australia works. The strategy entails uploading your nude photos or videos to Messenger in order to help Facebook tag it as non-consensual explicit media. Read More

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