Over the years, I wrote some blogs about the crimes of revenge porn and sextorition. However, Facebook wants to fight this evil. But they have a weird way of going about it. Facebook nude photos: To fight revenge porn?
So here is how it works: They want you to send nude pictures to Facebook, through their Messenger app. They say this is to help Facebook tag what is inappropriate content. Antigone Davis is Facebook’s Head of Safety. She says it’s a test of an emergency option. Because Facebook believes such a photo will be proactive to Facebook so it won’t leak in the first place.
But Facebook isn’t alone in this. They partner with the Australian government. They have an agency called e Safety; this is to prevent sharing images without people’s knowledge or approval. Because this is what often leads to revenge porn and other online sex crimes. So let’s say somebody fears they’re an online victim. Then e Safety could tell them to send a nude photo of themselves through Facebook Messenger. After that, Facebook’s system would recognize, then block, the images. Then Facebook tells the one who sends the photo to take it down.
Anybody who works in computer repair with me knows what I’m going to say about this. This is total hogwash! First of all, can you really trust an employee on Facebook, or even a law officer, with your nude photos? You don’t know nor have ever met these people. So how can you trust them your your Facebook nude photos? Then think about the hackers, who are getting smarter. So even with these crazy new safety concerns, who is to say they won’t hack in? I have serious problems with this Facebook nude photos policy; everyone in IT support should. Is this any way to fight revenge porn?