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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.
Microsoft PhotoDNA Technology to Help Law Enforcement Fight Child Pornography
Microsoft PhotoDNA Technology to Help Law Enforcement Fight Child Pornography
March 19, 2012
Microsoft and NetClean make PhotoDNA technology available to law enforcement at no cost to help them fight child pornography.
Microsoft PhotoDNA Technology to Help Law Enforcement Fight Child Pornography
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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.