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Take It Down is a service offered by the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) that helps remove nude, partially nude or sexually explicit photos and videos of underage people by assigning a unique digital fingerprint, called a hash value, to the images or videos. Online platforms can use those hash values to detect these images or videos on their public or unencrypted servers and remove them. The website for Take It Down is https://takeitdown.ncmec.org/.
The service is available globally and can be used by people under 18 years old as well as older users looking to remove photos of minors. The service was launched with initial funding from Meta.
The service is available globally and can be used by people under 18 years old as well as older users looking to remove photos of minors. The service was launched with initial funding from Meta.
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| Apr 29, 2025 | The Censorship Conundrum: A Dangerous Dance with Power | In the heart of American democracy, a storm brews. The winds of censorship howl louder than ever. Two recent developments highlight this unsettling trend: the rise of FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr and the controversial Take It Down Act. Bot... |
| Apr 28, 2025 | Congress Moving Forward On Unconstitutional Take It Down Act | Here’s a puzzle: How do you write a law that’s so badly designed that (1) the people it’s meant to help oppose it, (2) the people who hate regulation support it, and (3) everyone involved admits it will be abused? The answer, it turns out, ... |
| Apr 6, 2025 | Here’s how to prevent, fight back against sextortion | • The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children offers information about services and support for victims and family members: missingkids.org • The center, sometimes known as NCMEC, also offers a tip line to report possible child e... |
| Mar 6, 2025 | Trump Promises To Abuse Take It Down Act For Censorship, Just As We Warned | During his address to Congress this week, Donald Trump endorsed the Take It Down Act while openly declaring his plans to abuse it: “And I’m going to use that bill for myself too, if you don’t mind, because nobody gets treated worse than I d... |
| Feb 10, 2025 | As NCMEC Removes Any Mention of Trans Youth, the Anti-Porn Movement Shows Its True Colors With Trump’s Executive Order Against ‘Gender Ideology’ | I’ve long maintained the certitude that anti-pornography campaigners aligned with the far-right and conservative Christian movements are directly or indirectly transphobic and anti-LGBTQ. A body of evidence in my own reporting and experienc... |
| Apr 11, 2024 | Meta will auto-blur nudity in Instagram DMs in latest teen safety step | Meta said on Thursday that it is testing new features on Instagram intended to help safeguard young people from unwanted nudity or sextortion scams. This includes a feature called “Nudity Protection in DMs,” which automatically blurs images... |
| Mar 11, 2024 | Tips of suspected internet crimes against kids skyrocket | Tips of suspected internet crimes against children in Washington went up 250% between 2019 and 2023, according to new data from the state's Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force. Why it matters: One in three minors have an unwelcome s... |
| Feb 6, 2024 | Com apoio da Meta e TikTok, site para combater sextorsion chega ao Brasil | O melhor da tecnologia está no nosso canal no WhatsApp Entre Agora A plataforma Take It Down, que tem entre seus parceiros a Meta e o TikTok, foi disponibilizada em português nesta terça-feira (6). A plataforma permite que pais, responsávei... |
| Jan 26, 2024 | Taylor Swift Considering Legal Action Against Deepfake Porn Site Circulating Explicit AI Images | Quincy Jon, Tech Times 26 January 2024, 12:01 pm |
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