Meta backs new tool for removing sexual images of minors posted online
by Jess Weatherbed from The Verge - All Posts on (#699J9)
Image: The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) has announced a new platform designed to help remove sexually explicit images of minors from the internet. Meta revealed in a blog post that it had provided initial funding to create the NCMEC's free-to-use Take It Down" tool, which allows users to anonymously report and remove nude, partially nude, or sexually explicit images or videos" of underage individuals found on participating platforms and block the offending content from being shared again.
Facebook and Instagram have signed on to integrate the platform, as have OnlyFans, Pornhub, and Yubo. Take It Down is designed for minors to self-report images and videos of themselves; however, adults who appeared in such...