Facebook and Microsoft has announced a partnership where they will be working together to implement an anti-pornography software PhotoDNA in Facebook. This makes Facebook the first social networking site to have Microsoft’s PhotoDNA.
PhotoDNA can identify child pornography images even when they are cropped or edited. The software allots every offensive image a unique hash or signature, which it can search for and identify among billion images on the site. This means instead of relying on the number of reports counts on images by users, Facebook can now simply not allow such pornographic images in the first place.
Facebook being the largest photo sharing website on the web now, will around 3 billion images uploads every month, really needed an anti-pornography implementation.
Facebook has already started using PhotoDNA to track down millions of those pornographic images. It is also hosted an event yesterday where a panel of Facebook and Microsoft employees discussed on how they are planning to use PhotoDNA technology and their mission to protect kids online.