While major efforts are being made around the world to prevent children from being sexually abused, an application implemented by Apple last year has been heavily criticized. Apple’s new feature Automatically scans new photos added to iCloud and when he found evidence of child abuse, he would report it to a human manager. If the finding of child abuse was confirmed in the investigation, the person’s account was also banned.

Even though the feature in question got a lot of commotion and was withdrawn by Apple, today came some interesting news from Google. According to the news shared by The New York Times, Google released a father’s account in February 2021. prohibited for content indicating child abuse. However, the incident revealed the inadequacy of artificial intelligence in this regard.

The father photographed his genital area for the treatment of his sick child and sent it to the doctor:

In the incident that took place during the period when the coronavirus was dominant and hospitals were closed, the father He saw a discharge in his genital area. The father, who turned to the doctor at the request of his doctor, He photographed his genital area and sent it to the doctor. Based on this image, the doctor gave antibiotics against the infection that occurred in the girl.

But two days after the photo was taken, the father named Mark received a notification from Google. In this notice, the “harmful content” and “Serious violation of Google policies and potentially illegalThere was information that it was banned because of “. In this way, Mark lost access to his email, contacts, photos and phone number when using Google’s mobile Fi service.

Google rejected your father’s complaint:

Mark then appealed Google’s decision, but Google decline your father’s request. In addition to all this, the father was complained to law enforcement in the region where he lived, after the discovery of the said image. The San Francisco Police Department issued a statement against the father in December 2021 regarding this complaint. launched an investigation.

Fortunately, the investigation was decided in favor of the father and authorities said the incident “that it does not meet the crime elements and that no crime is taking placehe concluded. In a statement to The Verge, Google continued to defend the artificial intelligence system and made no clear statements about the event.

The company stated that they were following US law to track down CSAM. However, a team of child safety experts has assessed the accuracy of the flagged content and to help users identify situations where they can seek medical advice said that they had consulted with paediatricians.

In 2018, Google published artificial intelligence designed to prevent child abuse. Company in 2021 621 thousand 583 CSAM reported incidentsas a result, including Mark It had warned authorities about 4,260 potential people.