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Google Aims To Cull Child Porn By Algorithm, Not Human Review

Posted by timothy on from the safer-search dept.

According to a story at VentureBeat, "Google is working on a new database of flagged images of child porn and abuse that can be shared with other search engines and child protection organizations. The database will help create systems that automatically eliminate that sort of content. ... If the database is used effectively, any flagged image in the database would not be searchable through participating search engines or web hosting providers. And maybe best of all, computers will automatically flag and remove these images without any human needing to see them." Here's the announcement.

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  1. I hope they really mean child by Mal-2 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    If they mean "all underage" and not just "blatantly children", good luck with that. There are no characteristics that will distinguish between 17 and 18, or even older. What is the software going to think of Kat Young, for example? What about models who are just small?

    Also are they going to attempt to sort through drawings at all, considering they are legal in some jurisdictions and not others?

    I sense false positives and angry models in Google's future.

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  2. Exactly - and how do you define underage? by Viol8 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    The age of consent in spain is 14, in the uk 16, in the USA 18 , so if there's a picture of a nude 15 or 17 year old in what country does it get to decided if its legal?

    While this may be a laudable effort I have the sneaking feeling the USA once again will be pushing its legal system and morality onto the rest of the world.