Child sexual abuse images and online exploitation surge during pandemic, experts say.
Michael Oghia was on a Zoom videoconference with about 20 climate activists last week when someone hijacked the presenter’s screen to show a video of explicit child pornography involving an infant.
And with tech companies' moderation efforts also constrained by the pandemic, distributors of child sexual exploitation material are growing bolder, using major platforms to try to draw audiences. Some platforms are warning users that when they report questionable or illegal content the company may not be able to quickly respond.
Zoom said it was looking into what happened on Oghia’s call, but any report of child abuse on its platform is “devastating and appalling” and prohibited by its policies. The company said that it uses a mix of tools, including automated ones, to proactively identify accounts that could be sharing child sexual exploitation material and that it notifies law enforcement where appropriate. Zoom also now defaults to password protection for all meetings. Oghia’s meeting did not require a password.
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