Meta Will Prevent Child Images From Spreading

Meta announced that it has taken an important step to prevent the spread of obscene images of children under the age of 18 online. The technology giant, which includes platforms such as Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp,Take It Down’ He stated that he helped found the organization named after him.

Platform, US National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) also has support. It is hoped that Take It Down, which is stated to be an online tool, will prevent the spread of inappropriate images of children.

Photos and videos of children can be removed from the Internet with the help of a code.

Meta, which is funding the system, says Take It Down will not ask children to post photos and will protect their privacy. Instead, the system will assign a numeric code to images directly from the user’s device and this code will be sent to NCMEC later. When the code is found on the internet, the images can be removed immediately and this way, it will be prevented from spreading in the future.

Meta states that the new system will enable young users to take control of their inappropriate images. Moreover, Users under the age of 18, parents and adults under 18 who are concerned that their photos may appear on the Internet It is reported that you can also benefit from the platform.

Apart from these, the system can also be used by other registered companies. Among them, in addition to Facebook and Instagram OnlyFans and Pornhub There are also platforms with adult content such as The lack of applications used by millions of people, such as Twitter and Snapchat, does not go unnoticed.

Meta also stated that it has started to bring new features to Instagram that will make it difficult for “suspicious adults” to interact with young users. Finally, the company added that it has recently launched more than 30 features as part of its efforts to protect children in its applications.