As of yesterday, December 7th 2016, Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter and YouTube will be collaborating to create a shared database to help detect terrorist content online. The content will be hashed using digital fingerprints this includes hashed images and videos. The content is then given a unique identifier and stored for comparison within the database. This is the same way that organization keep child pornography off of their services. This content will not be automatically removed, instead these individual companies will determine how and when this content is removed, based on their own policies as well as to how terrorist content is defined. Facebook claimed that personal information will not be shared, however, it did not mention that it will not be collecting this data. This is what might raise some concerns for many users, when it comes to data storage.
I chose this topic because I personally, would rather have these tech companies filtering this type of illicit content, opposed to the government. Although there are still a lot of questionable variables to this operation, I believe that these companies will go great at slowing down or stopping this type of content.
The personal and social values at stake are those of the users who use the services provided by Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter and YouTube. One will always question what really goes on with our data when companies try to use it for a better good. Could it just be an excuse to store data to make more profit? The implication is that these companies are trying to do a better good by keeping fowl content from their services, by making an easier form of identifying this type of content.
I chose this topic because I personally, would rather have these tech companies filtering this type of illicit content, opposed to the government. Although there are still a lot of questionable variables to this operation, I believe that these companies will go great at slowing down or stopping this type of content.
The personal and social values at stake are those of the users who use the services provided by Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter and YouTube. One will always question what really goes on with our data when companies try to use it for a better good. Could it just be an excuse to store data to make more profit? The implication is that these companies are trying to do a better good by keeping fowl content from their services, by making an easier form of identifying this type of content.
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