Meta says it's opening up a piece of its technology to combat terrorism and human trafficking across the internet. It said it will allow other companies to share data and prevent the spread of violent images on the internet.
December 13, 2022, 6:02 AMMeta, formerly named Facebook, said it's opening up a piece of its technology to combat terrorism and human trafficking across the internet. It said it will allow other companies to share data and prevent the spread of violent images on the internet.
The Hasher Matcher Actioner allows companies to find duplicated images by looking at hashes, or digital fingerprints. Those fingerprints or hashes are created after images or videos are run through an algorithm developing a series of numbers or letters specific to that image, the company said. Meta is a founding member of GIFCT, which is a non-governmental organization that was created by tech companies in 2017 to combat extremist content online, including terrorism.
He said releasing open-source software is critical in limiting the places where violating content can appear. However, he said it's not clear how this will affect what happens on the dark web. He said the government has allowed "private companies to establish their own speech norms like we've been talking about with Twitter, and use those norms to prohibit behavior on their platforms."
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