The AchieVer Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 Facebook-owned WhatsApp is being criticized for failing to curb the spread of child pornography on the messaging app. A report by two Israeli online safety groups, Netivei Reshet and Screensaverz, concluded that it was easy to find WhatsApp groups in which people shared images and videos of children being sexually abused. Some third-party apps that provide links to join WhatsApp groups have sections for adult content, which have been used to share child pornography on the platform, according to TechCrunch, which translated the report. The researchers contacted Facebook about the problem, but news outlets, including the Financial Times, found that several of the groups were still active on the platform. One child pornography group chat had 256 members from various countries, including the US, and was active earlier this week. The accounts in the group were later banned by WhatsApp, which also said it had been flagged internally before the Financial Times alerted the company. The two nonprofits discovered the child pornography groups during the summer after a man called a hotline to report them. A WhatsApp spokesperson said that the company "has a zero-tolerance policy around child sexual abuse." "We deploy our most advanced technology, including artificial intelligence, to scan profile photos and images in reported content, and actively ban accounts suspected of sharing this vile content," the spokesperson said. The company also responds to requests from law enforcement and reports abuse to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. WhatsApp recently banned roughly 130,000 accounts in 10 days for violating its rules against child sexual abuse. source Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luisam Posted December 22, 2018 Share Posted December 22, 2018 On 12/21/2018 at 7:23 AM, The AchieVer said: WhatsApp recently banned roughly 130,000 accounts in 10 days for violating its rules against child sexual abuse. If WhatsApp banned 130.000 accounts in 10 days, means they let accumulate them for some them without deploying any "advanced" technology and actually tolerating abuse! If they really are serious, should have 0-day intolerance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The AchieVer Posted December 22, 2018 Author Share Posted December 22, 2018 24 minutes ago, luisam said: If WhatsApp banned 130.000 accounts in 10 days, means they let accumulate them for some them without deploying any "advanced" technology and actually tolerating abuse! If they really are serious, should have 0-day intolerance I agree with you, these guys first let things go out of control and after backlash they start retracting......... Well these are downsides of modern day technology. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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