{"id":4489,"date":"2015-08-12T10:30:39","date_gmt":"2015-08-12T09:30:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ecpat.be\/?p=4489"},"modified":"2017-12-19T15:11:45","modified_gmt":"2017-12-19T14:11:45","slug":"google-facebook-and-twitter-to-block-hash-lists-of-child-abuse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ecpat.be\/en\/google-facebook-and-twitter-to-block-hash-lists-of-child-abuse\/","title":{"rendered":"Google, Facebook and Twitter to block &#8216;hash lists&#8217; of child abuse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"story-body__introduction\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4529\" src=\"http:\/\/ecpat.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/geants-d-internet-post-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"geants-d-internet-post\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ecpat.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/geants-d-internet-post-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ecpat.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/geants-d-internet-post-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ecpat.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/geants-d-internet-post.jpg 453w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Web giants Google, Facebook and Twitter have joined forces with a British charity in a bid to remove millions of indecent child images from the net.<\/p>\n<p>In a UK first, anti-abuse organisation Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) has begun sharing lists of indecent images, identified by unique &#8220;hash&#8221; codes.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The IWF, which works to take down indecent images of children, allocates to each picture it finds a &#8220;hash&#8221; &#8211; a unique code, sometimes referred to as a digital finger-print.<\/p>\n<p>By sharing &#8220;hash lists&#8221; of indecent pictures of children, Google, Facebook and Twitter will be able to stop those images from being uploaded to their sites.<\/p>\n<p>Online security specialists welcomed the move as a positive step, but said it would not block content on the &#8220;darknet&#8221; &#8211; a network with restricted access &#8211; where abusers often posted images.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/uk-33844124?ocid=socialflow_facebook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BBC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Copyright ECPAT Belgique \u00ab\u00a0Stop \u00e0 l\u2019exploitation sexuelle commerciale des enfants\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Web giants Google, Facebook and Twitter have joined forces with a British charity in a bid to remove millions of indecent child images from the net. 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