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UK Trial: Pornhub's Chatbot Halts Millions from Accessing Child Abuse Content (www.wired.com)

submitted 8 months ago by Squire1039@lemm.ee to c/technology@lemmy.world

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A trial program conducted by Pornhub in collaboration with UK-based child protection organizations aimed to deter users from searching for child abuse material (CSAM) on its website. Whenever CSAM-related terms were searched, a warning message and a chatbot appeared, directing users to support services. The trial reported a significant reduction in CSAM searches and an increase in users seeking help. Despite some limitations in data and complexity, the chatbot showed promise in deterring illegal behavior online. While the trial has ended, the chatbot and warnings remain active on Pornhub's UK site, with hopes for similar measures across other platforms to create a safer internet environment.

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[–] Silentiea@lemm.ee 9 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Why target the consumer and not the source?

If for no other reason than it doesn't have to be either/or. If you can meaningfully reduce demand for a "product" as noxious as CSAM, you should expect the rate of production to slow. There are certainly efforts in place to prevent that production from ever being done, and to prevent it from being shared/hosted once it is, but I don't think attempting to reduce demand in this way is going to hurt.

[–] _cnt0@sh.itjust.works 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Does it reduce the demand though? Where are the measurements attesting to that? If history has shown one thing, it is that criminalizing things creates criminals. Did the prohibition stop people from making, trading, or consuming alcohol? How does this have any meaningful impact on the abuse of children? The article(s) completely fail to elaborate on that end. I'm missing the statistics/science here. What are the measuring instruments to assess any form of success? Just that searches were blocked and people were shown some links? ... TL;DR: is this something with an actual positive impact or just an exercise in virtue signaling and waste of time and money? Blind "fixes" are rarely useful.

[–] archomrade@midwest.social -2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

It might not reduce demand in individuals already seaking out that material, but it would certainly reduce introduction to it and demand in the long-run.

[–] _cnt0@sh.itjust.works 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I wonder where you take that certainty from. I'd like to have that in my life.

[–] archomrade@midwest.social -5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Then maybe you could benefit from being alerted when you're about to make a potentially harmful decision.

[–] _cnt0@sh.itjust.works 6 points 8 months ago

Fuck off with your insinuations.