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UK Trial: Pornhub's Chatbot Halts Millions from Accessing Child Abuse Content (www.wired.com)

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A trial program conducted by Pornhub in collaboration with UK-based child protection organizations aimed to deter users from searching for child abuse material (CSAM) on its website. Whenever CSAM-related terms were searched, a warning message and a chatbot appeared, directing users to support services. The trial reported a significant reduction in CSAM searches and an increase in users seeking help. Despite some limitations in data and complexity, the chatbot showed promise in deterring illegal behavior online. While the trial has ended, the chatbot and warnings remain active on Pornhub's UK site, with hopes for similar measures across other platforms to create a safer internet environment.

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[-] Blackmist@feddit.uk 39 points 5 months ago

Did it? Or did it make them look elsewhere?

The amount of school uniform, braces, pigtails and step-sister porn on Pornhub makes me think they want the nonces to watch.

[-] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 13 points 5 months ago

I miss the days when you just didn't see that shit around.

[-] michaelmrose@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Reasonable adults sites don't return obviously sketchy things for reasonable queries. EG you don't search boobs and get 12 year olds.

[-] PM_Your_Nudes_Please@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

And what days were those? Cuz you pretty much need to go all the way back to pre-internet days. Hell, even that isn’t far enough, cuz Playboy’s youngest model was like 12 at one point.

[-] femtech@midwest.social 1 points 5 months ago

Wtf? For real? Was cp not federal illegal when they did that.

[-] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

Depressing, isn't it? I was more talking about how prevalent "fauxcest" has become in porn more recently. I guess that's just my cross to bear as an only child 💅

[-] laughterlaughter@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

Lol!

[-] BleatingZombie@lemmy.world 13 points 5 months ago

Also, I'm curious about false positives

[-] Blackmist@feddit.uk 13 points 5 months ago

I kind of want to trigger it to see what searches it reacts to, but at the same time I don't want my IP address on a watchlist.

[-] HelloHotel@lemm.ee 3 points 5 months ago

Tor mabe useful if its not clowdflare blocked

[-] EdibleFriend@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

given the amount of extremely edgy content already on Pornhub, this is kinda sus

Yeah...i am honestly curious what these search terms were, how many of those were ACTUALLY looking for CP. And of those...how many are now flagged somewhow?

[-] Arsonistic@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 months ago

I know I got the warning when I searched for young gymnast or something like that cuz I was trying to find a specific video I had seen before. False positives can be annoying, but that's the only time I've ever encountered it.

[-] EdibleFriend@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

lol and there we fucking go. I knew there would be bullshit like that there in the mix.

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