Facebook is asking British users to send naked photos of themselves to the social network, to try to stop revenge porn. If you're worried an intimate photo of you could be shared by someone else, the idea is to get it blocked before it appears online.
Similar technology is used to try to stop the spread of child abuse images. Facebook's been testing the system in Australia and is extending the trial to the UK, the USA and Canada.
Who will see my naked photo?
Facebook's Global Head of Safety Antigone Davis told Newsbeat that photos will only be seen by "a very small group of about five specially trained reviewers".
They'll give the photo a unique digital fingerprint - something called hashing.
That code will then be stored on a database. If anyone else tries to upload the same photo, the code will be recognised and it'll be blocked before it appears on Facebook, Instagram and Messenger.
The original photos will not be stored.
This whole system only works if you actually have the image you're worried about.
If, for example, your ex took a load of photos on their phone and you don't have them, this idea doesn't help.
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Similar technology is used to try to stop the spread of child abuse images. Facebook's been testing the system in Australia and is extending the trial to the UK, the USA and Canada.
Who will see my naked photo?
Facebook's Global Head of Safety Antigone Davis told Newsbeat that photos will only be seen by "a very small group of about five specially trained reviewers".
They'll give the photo a unique digital fingerprint - something called hashing.
That code will then be stored on a database. If anyone else tries to upload the same photo, the code will be recognised and it'll be blocked before it appears on Facebook, Instagram and Messenger.
The original photos will not be stored.
This whole system only works if you actually have the image you're worried about.
If, for example, your ex took a load of photos on their phone and you don't have them, this idea doesn't help.
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GUYS, WHAT DO YOU THINK?
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Daniel Orji
Am not comfortable with the idea, if five strange people sees my nude, is as good as the whole is seeing it! As a matter of fact, am insinuating that, facebook is trying to tease his fans to voluntarily upload their nude pictures for the reason best known to them!!
Frank Imeh
wooow, i love ds guys... Evendo sum of us wil stil be worried abt dos five viewing it bt its better for five to view than millions of pple viewing it... Oga endy, dem do well...
Endy Edeson
@Frank & Daniel: Yeah, It is better. It would have been cool if they assign robots to review the images . Humans have emotion on stuffs like this
Stanley Umoize
If it's real then it's utterly ridiculous... Sending your nude to avoid spreading your nude... I still reserve my comment till it verify it's authenticity
Shitta S Omogbolahan
It's a nice development but the image review should be done by robots rather than their team.
Azumi Jimoh
Instead of them to put a stop of uploading Naked photos they are there trying to protect it from going viral online but for their special trained teams to see and secure. Good for them