Social media use has increased tremendously over the last decade, especially among younger users. Much chatter has erupted around the country over the damaging content social media algorithms feed to our children and how these algorithms ought to be controlled.
Apple’s statement said its proposal doesn’t involve scanning millions of iPhones for child porn, but that the technology it intended to use is focused on matching an uploaded photo to iCloud with known images of child sexual abuse material already indexed in a national database.
National Center for Missing & Exploited Children received 16 million tips last year of suspected child sexual exploitation, most of them from tech and social media companies, and tips are forwarded to police departments throughout the country for them to investigate.
In his internet safety presentations at schools, Justin Gaertner emphasizes that safety “comes back to parents and kids being vigilant.”
Former marine finds new mission as a “human exploitation rescue operative,” or HERO, pursuing predators who collect and trade child pornography on the internet.
