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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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[–] John_McMurray@lemmy.world 45 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (25 children)

Imagine how dumb, in addition to deranged, these people would have to be to look for child porn on a basically legitimate website. Misleading headline too, it didn't stop anything, it just told them "Not here"

[–] abhibeckert@lemmy.world 19 points 8 months ago (3 children)

We have culturally drawn a line in the sand where one side is legal and the other side of the line is illegal.

Of course the real world isn't like that - there's a range of material available and a lot of it is pretty close to being abusive material, while still being perfectly legal because it falls on the right side of someone's date of birth.

It sounds like this initiative by Pornhub's chatbot successfully pushes people away from borderline content... I'm not sure I buy that... but if it's directing some of those users to support services then that's a good thing. I worry though some people might instead be pushed over to the dark web.

[–] John_McMurray@lemmy.world 13 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Yeah...I forgot that the UK classifies some activities between consenting adults as "abusive", and it seems some people are now using that definition in the real world.

[–] Scirocco@lemm.ee 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Facesitting porn (of adults) is illegal in UK for the reason that it's potentially dangerous

[–] Quicky@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Which led to some amazing protests.

Weirdly, watching facesitting porn in the UK is perfectly fine, as long as it wasn’t filmed in the UK.

I can just imagine trying to defend that in court. “Your honour, it’s clear to me that the muffled moans of the face-sittee are those of a Frenchman”

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