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X Announces Initiatives to Combat Online Exploitation of Children as REPORT Act Becomes Law

Social media platform X has announced a series of initiatives to combat the sexual exploitation of children online, coinciding with the REPORT Act being signed into law by President Joe Biden on Tuesday.The bipartisan Revising Existing Procedures on Reporting via Technology (REPORT) Act, authored by U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.), requires internet companies such as Facebook, Instagram and X to report crimes against children involving sex trafficking, grooming, or the enticement of children for sexual acts to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children’s (NCMEC) CyberTipline. They were previously only required to report child sexual abuse materials (CSAM).“X applauds Senator Blackburn's leadership in combating the exploitation of children, strengthening critical partners like NCMEC, and helping law enforcement bring criminals to justice,” X CEO Linda Yaccarino said in a statement.X, formerly Twitter, said Tuesday that it is working with Thorn, the nonprofit anti-trafficking organization founded by actors Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore, and participating in the beta of its Safer Predict Child Sexual Abuse text classifier. The technology is designed to "detect sextortion patterns and other exploitative behavior and content."The company also announced it is participating in Tech Coalition’s Project Lantern, sharing data with other participating companies to identify cross-platform bad actors that use multiple services to traffic child sexual exploitation (CSE) material.

News May 08, 2024

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