Facebook asks for trust to combat ‘revenge porn’
After strengthening policies to remove nonconsensual photos from its platform, the tech giant is piloting a program to preempt abuse—and it’s asking users to upload nude photos.
Facebook is taking a proactive stance on its revenge porn problem.
After several high-profile incidents in which users posted nude photos without the consent of the photographed subjects, the social media company has taken steps to address the abusive behavior.
CEO Mark Zuckerberg posted in February that Facebook wanted to become a safer, more inclusive environment. That statement was followed by a new policy in April addressing revenge porn and how the platform would flag pictures that violated its terms of service.
Now the company is piloting a program under which users can upload pictures of themselves—photos they worry might be posted without their consent—and have Facebook’s artificial intelligence keep those images off its platform.
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