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Watchdog recommends use of ‘hash-matching’ to allow images to be identified at scale wherever they are sharedTech platforms should combat the rapid rise in explicit deepfakes and “revenge porn” by using a database of images to protect women and girls online, according to new guidance being drawn up by the UK communications watchdog.The move is part of a raft of measures proposed by Ofcom to tackle online misogyny, harassment and the sharing of intimate images without the subject’s consent – often referred to as “revenge porn”.Women are five times more likely to be victims of intimate image abuse.Nearly 70% of boys aged 11-14 have been exposed to online content that promotes misogyny and other harmful views.Almost a quarter of teenage girls (23%) regularly see content that objectifies or demeans women.Online domestic abuse is under-reported – half of survivors (49%) told no one about it.Nearly three-quarters of respondents in a survey (73%) had experienced online threats and abuse. Continue reading…
Watchdog recommends use of ‘hash-matching’ to allow images to be identified at scale wherever they are shared
Tech platforms should combat the rapid rise in explicit deepfakes and “revenge porn” by using a database of images to protect women and girls online, according to new guidance being drawn up by the UK communications watchdog.
The move is part of a raft of measures proposed by Ofcom to tackle online misogyny, harassment and the sharing of intimate images without the subject’s consent – often referred to as “revenge porn”.
Women are five times more likely to be victims of intimate image abuse.
Nearly 70% of boys aged 11-14 have been exposed to online content that promotes misogyny and other harmful views.
Almost a quarter of teenage girls (23%) regularly see content that objectifies or demeans women.
Online domestic abuse is under-reported – half of survivors (49%) told no one about it.
Nearly three-quarters of respondents in a survey (73%) had experienced online threats and abuse.