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In 2009, Microsoft, working with Dartmouth College, developed PhotoDNA, a technology that aids in finding and removing some of the “worst of the worst” images of child sexual exploitations from the Internet. Microsoft donated the PhotoDNA technology to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC), who established a PhotoDNA-based program for online service providers to help disrupt the spread of child pornography online. Over the next year, Microsoft, working with NCMEC, implemented a gradual rollout of PhotoDNA on Bing, SkyDrive and Hotmail services. In early 2011, Facebook joined Microsoft in sublicensing the technology for use on its network. It is our hope that other online service providers will follow Microsoft and Facebook’s lead in adopting this game-changing technology.
Shedding Light on the Role of Technology in Child Sex Trafficking
Shedding Light on the Role of Technology in Child Sex Trafficking
July 18, 2012
Microsoft funds six research teams to study how technology facilitates the trafficking of minors in US$32 billion per year industry.
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Microsoft Names Grant Recipients in Fight Against Sex Trafficking
Microsoft Names Grant Recipients in Fight Against Sex Trafficking
June 13
Microsoft announces recipients of grant to advance understanding of technology in the child sex trade.
Microsoft PhotoDNA to Help Fight Child Pornography
Microsoft PhotoDNA to Help Fight Child Pornography
March 19
Microsoft and NetClean make PhotoDNA technology available to law enforcement at no cost to help them fight child pornography.
500 Million Friends Against Child Exploitation
500 Million Friends Against Child Exploitation
May 19
Posted by Bill Harmon, Associate General Counsel, Microsoft Digital Crimes Unit
Facebook To Use Microsoft’s PhotoDNA Technology to Combat Child Exploitation
Facebook To Use Microsoft’s PhotoDNA Technology to Combat Child Exploitation
May 19
Posted by Ernie Allen, President and Chief Executive, National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
New Technology Fights Child Porn by Tracking its "PhotoDNA"
New Technology Fights Child Porn by Tracking its "PhotoDNA"
Dec. 15
To fight the distribution of child-exploitation images, Microsoft donates PhotoDNA technology to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children.
PhotoDNA: How it Works
PhotoDNA: How it Works
Dec. 15
Here’s how PhotoDNA helps combat the distribution of child pornography.