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Google finds a new way to screen out child porn
Google has announced major plans to make a new effort to eradicate child porn on the Internet. The tech giant's first efforts against child porn came in 2006, when it joined an international coalition focused on ending the problem. Now, Google says it's developed technology which will help automatically identify and delete images of child abuse. In part, the technique employs “hashing,” which tags innappropriate images with a code and identifies similar images across the web to wipe them out. Google plans to build a database of such images and share them with other tech companies and law enforcement, allowing them to swap information and collaborate.
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June 17, 2013 11:23 AM