2024-01-28 17:23:00
07:23 PM Sunday, January 28, 2024
The X platform was forced to take two urgent measures to combat the spread of fabricated pornographic images and cases of sexual exploitation of children.
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“X does not have a child-focused business, but it is important that we make these investments to prevent criminals from using our platform for any type of distribution or handling of content related to the sexual abuse of minors,” Benarroch stressed.
Benarroch also stated that children under the age of 13 cannot open an account, while older minors are subject to stricter rules than adults regarding data confidentiality, and are not targeted by advertisements.
These announcements come ahead of a major hearing in the US Senate, on Wednesday, entitled “Technology Giants and the Online Child Sexual Abuse Crisis.”
The committee summoned the heads of Discord, Meta, Snap, TikTok, and X, and Linda Yaccarino, General Director of X, will be present.
X decided to delete pictures of the American singer, Taylor Swift, following the White House issued a warning regarding fabricated pornographic pictures of the star that spread through social media, according to “The Verge.”
The platform, owned by billionaire Elon Musk, said it has more than 2,000 people supervising content.
Pornographic images fabricated by Swift’s artificial intelligence techniques spread widely. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said in a press conference on Friday that social media companies “have an important role to play in enforcing their own rules” to prevent the spread of such misinformation.
“This is very concerning. So we will do what we can to address this issue,” she said, adding that Congress should take legislative action on the issue.
The White House said it was disturbed by the fake photos on the Internet of the American pop singer, describing the footage that was widely circulated on social media as “deeply disturbing.”
The technical website “The Verge” reported that although the search on the X platform was suspended, some results still appear to users, if they try to find them by manipulating some letters in the search box or adding quotation marks.
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