Meta turns to AI to protect minors from 'sextortion' on Instagram

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Meta said on Thursday it was developing new tools to protect teenage users from 'sextortion' scams on its Instagram platform, which has been accused by US politicians of damaging the mental health of youngsters.

InstagramMeta said it was testing an AI-driven"nudity protection" tool that would find and blur images containing nudity that were sent to minors on the app's messaging system.

The firm said on Thursday that the latest tools were building on"our long-standing work to help protect young people from unwanted or potentially harmful contact"."We're testing new features to help protect young people from sextortion and intimate image abuse, and to make it more difficult for potential scammers and criminals to find and interact with teens," the company said.

Source: Healthcare Press (healthcarepress.net)

 

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