Facebook Expand Efforts to Prevent Intimate Images Being Shared Without Permission
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Late last year Facebook announced a somewhat controversial scheme aimed at tackling this issue, launched
at the time exclusively in Australia. Basically the company were asking any
individuals who may be concerned about their private photos being shared online
to send them in themselves. The image would then be viewed on a single occasion
by one of Facebook’s specially-trained representatives in order for it to be
converted into a digital code which is then stored for later reference. The
image itself is not saved, but the code allows Facebook’s system to detect if
the same photo is then uploaded again, preventing others from sharing your most
intimate snaps. The controversy of course stemmed from these “specially-trained
representatives” who are asked to view these photos when they are sent in,
though it is hard to imagine how such a system would work without some form of
human involvement.
Despite any apparent controversy however Facebook are
pressing forward with the scheme, expanding its reach beyond Australia to cover
the US, Canada, and the UK.
Facebook’s Global Head of Safety, Antigone Davis, explained
how the program would work in a recent Facebook post:
- Anyone who fears an intimate image of them may be shared publicly can contact one of our partners to submit a form
- After submitting the form, the victim receives an email containing a secure, one-time upload link
- The victim can use the link to upload images they fear will be shared
- One of a handful of specifically trained members of our Community Operations Safety Team will review the report and create a unique fingerprint, or hash, [which] allows us to identify future uploads of the images without keeping copies of them on our servers
- Once we create these hashes, we notify the victim via email and delete the images from our servers - no later than seven days
- We store the hashes so any time someone tries to upload an image with the same fingerprint, we can block it from appearing on Facebook, Instagram or Messenger
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