Meta, which is the parent company of Instagram and Facebook, has today announced that they are going to be expanding their “Teen Account” system from Instagram to now also cover Facebook and Messenger.
We will have to agree to disagree mate and I hope you never have to experience the darkness I have because nobody deserves it. I do understand the reticence and maybe technology will provide the solution eventually but in my humble opinion there needs to be a legal route to access these communications as there always has been in the past via providers, where a legal requirement is fulfilled and considered by a judge. Unfortunately people haven't experienced first hand the horrors so will always likely fall on your side of the debate.
I suspect we will have AI-driven capabilities at point of origin to identify obscene content being shared. Only issue is, who authorises the AI and where would we draw the line on what kind of content it would flag. There is a World of difference between PDFfiles sharing Godawful material, vs people sharing personal opinions, videos and political opinions that may not jive with an oppressive regime. For the avoidance of doubt, I perceive the UK to be in the process of slipping into the latter, and rhe freedom of ordinary and broadly decent individuals to be able to share ideas and opinions without Big Brother snooping over their shoulders to be sacrosanct. For the avoidance of doubt, I am a Libertarian but also one with a number of young nieces and nephews whom I wish to help teach to protect themselves from online predators.
I respect your struggle mate and your opinion and right to hold one. I don't know what the solution is and I can only control what I can control so I will continue to educate as best I can and hope that it protects as many as it can.
Can't agree with you about encryption, although I have not experienced the darkness that you have. Given Government attacks on freedom of speech and discussion in the UK, the ability for the majority lf law abiding adults to be able to converse privately without Government oversight and intrusion has never been more important. It is an essential part of ensuring the State does not become too powerful, not to mention more secure for those of us who use these tools because we do not want our sensitive personal data to fall into the wrong hands (hacks, etc). Possibly, we should be looking at ways to identify pictures/media being sent via these networks via hash signatures or some othet kind of reverse engineering methodology. I have no perfect solution, but am absolutely 100% certain that more Government is not the answer.
We will have to agree to disagree mate and I hope you never have to experience the darkness I have because nobody deserves it. I do understand the reticence and maybe technology will provide the solution eventually but in my humble opinion there needs to be a legal route to access these communications as there always has been in the past via providers, where a legal requirement is fulfilled and considered by a judge. Unfortunately people haven't experienced first hand the horrors so will always likely fall on your side of the debate.
I suspect we will have AI-driven capabilities at point of origin to identify obscene content being shared. Only issue is, who authorises the AI and where would we draw the line on what kind of content it would flag. There is a World of difference between PDFfiles sharing Godawful material, vs people sharing personal opinions, videos and political opinions that may not jive with an oppressive regime. For the avoidance of doubt, I perceive the UK to be in the process of slipping into the latter, and rhe freedom of ordinary and broadly decent individuals to be able to share ideas and opinions without Big Brother snooping over their shoulders to be sacrosanct. For the avoidance of doubt, I am a Libertarian but also one with a number of young nieces and nephews whom I wish to help teach to protect themselves from online predators.
I respect your struggle mate and your opinion and right to hold one. I don't know what the solution is and I can only control what I can control so I will continue to educate as best I can and hope that it protects as many as it can.
Can't agree with you about encryption, although I have not experienced the darkness that you have. Given Government attacks on freedom of speech and discussion in the UK, the ability for the majority lf law abiding adults to be able to converse privately without Government oversight and intrusion has never been more important. It is an essential part of ensuring the State does not become too powerful, not to mention more secure for those of us who use these tools because we do not want our sensitive personal data to fall into the wrong hands (hacks, etc). Possibly, we should be looking at ways to identify pictures/media being sent via these networks via hash signatures or some othet kind of reverse engineering methodology. I have no perfect solution, but am absolutely 100% certain that more Government is not the answer.