A common problem that users Social networks or victim cyber attacks There is a loss of control or a leak of intimate photos that could be shared Internet by extortionists or cybercriminals. Although these situations cannot be changed, Facebook and Instagram They are part of a project that will help reduce the negative impact of the situation.

Both social networks were part of the foundation of a new platform called “confiscation” which is dedicated to revealing and extracting intimate content related to young people and of minors In case of distribution in these applications, to reduce the impact. is web page Uses a special detection system that requires support for sites such as Facebook, Instagram (Social networks), Only fans (selling online content) and Yubo (live broadcasts), which are also part of the initiative.

How does deletion work?

According to the information provided by the website, this free service was created National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) from the United States and can remove sexual content and nudity (partial and total) filtered on participating platforms of the project. For this, the victim must have a copy Archive It is sensitive and will give you an anonymous discovery label without the need to share content with the platform.

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To use the tool, which is free for any user, regardless of whether they are 18 or older, they must complete the following steps:

– Enter the site confiscation (takeitdown.ncmec.org/es/), which is in Spanish and English respectively Geographical location user.

– Click or tap the “Start” button found in the first tab at the top of the screen.

– Once inside platform, Users must fill out a form indicating the approximate age of the user along with the type of content they have Photography that you want to delete.

– People should also determine what kind content which leaked or spread includes nudityPartial nudity or sexually explicit content.

– If the answer is “yes” or “don’t know”, people should also indicate whether the content has already been shared.

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It is at this point that users should use confiscation Select the files that contain intimate pictures. The platform indicates that this does not mean that the content is shared with them, but that it will be used for them Identification Code which will be completely anonymous.

The so-called “fingerprint” of the photo Hashwhich is shared with the system so that content can be discovered regardless of the platform it is hosted on without the need Archive get out computer or mobile phone which contains it.

With the information available, users will receive a case number that can then be used to confirm the process to remove content from apps that are part of the Take It Down project.

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In the event that the victim of the leak of intimate content is an adult, users have recourse web page from the so-called organization Stop NCII which has a similar approach and which has been operational since 2021 to prevent the spread of explicit intimate images on the Internet.