No more unannounced nude photos of you or your children.
Unfortunately, everyone with a smartphone has seen naked images at some point, but Meta wants to change that.
The owner of Instagram unveiled a new AI-powered technology that can detect and blur naked photographs in a blog post on Thursday. By default, the function will be available to users under the age of 18, but anyone can activate it through Instagram’s settings.
Senders of nude images will be offered the choice to not send them if they change their mind, as well as a warning to be cautious about who they send them to.
Even better, your device processes the photos rather than Meta’s servers.
“Nudity protection uses on-device machine learning to analyze whether an image sent in a DM on Instagram contains nudity,” Meta wrote on her blog. “Because the images are analyzed on the device itself, nudity protection will work in end-to-end encrypted chats, where Meta won’t have access to these images – unless someone chooses to report them to us.”
Additionally, Meta is enhancing sextortion defense. The business already deletes accounts and stops those involved in sextortion from opening new ones. Additionally, it notifies law enforcement of the conduct. In order to detect accounts even faster, the business is currently working on technology that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to look for signs linked to sextortion behavior.
When sending messages, any account that is suspected of engaging in this kind of conduct will have their messages moved to the hidden requests folder. People who are already communicating with accounts that are suspected of being used for sextortion will also receive safety notifications from the firm, asking them to report any threats to provide private photographs and to refuse, even if it makes them uncomfortable.
Even when they are currently conversing, accounts suspected of engaging in sextortion won’t even display the “message” option if they are owned by a minor.
“We’re also testing hiding teens from these accounts in people’s follower, following and like lists, and making it harder for them to find teen accounts in Search results,” Meta added.