Should you send Facebook all your nude photos?

The social media company suggests that sending it naked pictures is the best way to protect yourself from revenge porn. But can it be trusted?

If you have been the victim of "revenge porn" - intimate pictures stolen and published in an attempt to humiliate or blackmail - Facebook has a proposal that might sound counterintuitive: cc them in to your sexts.

But give it a chance. The company's offering is a better idea than it sounds. Facebook has spent years working with other large technology firms to build software that can identify problem images the second they hit the net, and flag and remove them without the need for human intervention. The scheme, which has already been trialled in Australia, will be tested in the UK from this week.

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