Meta StopNCII.org Porn Revenge Protection System

2021: Platform Launch StopNCII.org

Meta, along with the British hotline Revenge Porn Helpline, launched the StopNCII.org platform. The launch was supported by more than 50 non-governmental organizations around the world. This became known on December 2, 2021.

The abbreviation NCII from the name means "exchange of intimate images on the Internet without consent" (non-consensual sharing of intimate images). Meta believes that publishing such photos can destroy a person's life.

The company invited users whose photos or videos were published or could be posted on Facebook and Instagram to choose files that the system could quickly detect. Files are converted into a digital fingerprint, which social networks will use.

Meta claims that the original image will remain on the user's device, it will not be uploaded anywhere and will not be transferred. The hash operation is irreversible - the hash will not be able to restore the original content of the file.

Only persons over the age of 18 can upload photos.

After uploading your photos, you need to create a unique PIN where you can track the status of your checks.

StopNCII.org clarifies that technology can only help delete photos that are identical to the original file. If you applied a filter to the snapshot or trimmed it, the algorithm might not recognize it. For such images, you need to create a new application^[1].

2017: Start of experiment

The experiment started in four countries: the USA, Canada, Great Britain and Australia. In partnership with Australia's state cybersecurity agency, Facebook invited users to immediately post intimate photos on the social network that they shared with their friends in Messenger. The social network warned that the photo will not be stored on the company's servers.

When you upload pictures to Facebook, you save a link to the images and hash them. As a result, the photo will be automatically identified if other users try to upload it, and then^[2] deleted^[3].

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