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December 4, 2016 04:00 pm
Original Link: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/5i2vlK1lFsk/uk-health-secretary-urges-social-media-companies-to-block-cyberbullying-and-underaged-sext
UK Health Secretary Urges Social Media Companies To Block Cyberbullying And Underaged Sexting
Mark Wilson shares his article on Beta News:Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has made calls for technology companies and social media to do more to tackle the problems of cyberbullying, online intimidation and -- rather specifically -- under-18-year-olds texting sexually explicit images. Of course, he doesn't have the slightest idea about how to go about tackling these problems, but he has expressed his concern so that, in conjunction with passing this buck to tech companies, should be enough, right? Hunt apparently believes there's already a technology which can identify sexually explicit photos, and that social media networks should now also develop algorithms to identify and block cyberbullying, an idea the Guardian called "sadly laughable." "Is the blanket censorship of non-approved communications for all under 18s -- something that goes far further than even the Great Firewall of China -- really the kind of thing a government minister should be able to idly suggest in 2016?"Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Original Link: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/5i2vlK1lFsk/uk-health-secretary-urges-social-media-companies-to-block-cyberbullying-and-underaged-sext
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