A new online tool aims to give some control back to teens, or people who were once teens, and take down explicit images and videos of themselves from the internet.
— “Once you send that photo, you can't take it back,” goes the warning to teenagers, often ignoring the reality that many teens send explicit images of themselves under duress, or without understanding the consequences.
Now, the caveats. The participating platforms are, as of Monday, Meta's Facebook and Instagram, Yubo, OnlyFans and Pornhub, owned by Mindgeek. If the image is on another site, or if it is sent in an encrypted platform such as WhatsApp, it will not be taken down. Portnoy said teens may feel more comfortable going to a site than to involve law enforcement, which wouldn't be anonymous, for one.
But in that time, online sexual extortion and exploitation has only gotten worse, for children and teens as well as for adults. Many tech companies already use this hash system to share, take down and report to law enforcement images of child sexual abuse. Portnoy said the goal is to have more companies sign up.Twitter and TikTok so far have not committed to the project. Neither company immediately respond to a message for comment Sunday.
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