Facebook claims its new AI technology can automatically detect revenge porn

Facebook is ramping up its fight against revenge porn.

On Friday, the company announced the launch of its new AI technology that it says can proactively detect “near-nude” images and video shared without consent. Facebook says that with this tool it can now automatically flag revenge porn before anyone even reports it.

Facebook previously relied on its users, often times the victims themselves, to notify the social network about this type of nonconsensual content found on the platform. This posed a problem.

“Often victims are afraid of retribution so they are reluctant to report the content themselves or are unaware the content has been shared,” says Facebook’s global head of safety Antigone Davis in a post. Read more...