Child Sexual Abuse Material Policy

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4545- **[Microsoft's PhotoDNA](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/photodna)**, a tool that aids in detecting and removing known images of child sexual abuse.
4646- **[Google's Content Safety API](https://protectingchildren.google/intl/en/)**, a cutting-edge artificial intelligence (AI) tool that scores and prioritizes content based on the likelihood of illegal imagery to assist reviewers in detecting unknown CSAM.
4747- **[Safer](https://safer.io/)**, Thorn's comprehensive CSAM detection tool utilized to keep platforms free of abusive material.
4848- **Instant Image Identifier**, the Centre for Expertise on Online Sexual Child Abuse ([Offlimits](https://offlimits.nl/)) tool, commissioned by the European Commission, detects known child abuse imagery using a triple verified database.
4949- **[NCMEC](https://www.missingkids.org/) Hash Sharing** \- NCMEC's database of known CSAM hashes, including hashes submitted by individuals who fingerprinted their own underage content via NCMEC's [Take It Down](https://takeitdown.ncmec.org/) service.
5050- **[Internet Watch Foundation](https://www.iwf.org.uk/) (IWF) Hash List** \- IWF's database of known CSAM, sourced from hotline reports and the UK Home Office's Child Abuse Image Database.
51- **MediaWise®** service from [Vobile ®](https://www.vobilegroup.com/), a state-of-the-art fingerprinting software and database, which scans all new user uploads to help prevent previously identified offending content from being re-uploaded.
51- **MediaWise®** service from [Vobile ®](https://www.vobile.com/home), a state-of-the-art fingerprinting software and database, which scans all new user uploads to help prevent previously identified offending content from being re-uploaded.
5252- **Safeguard** - our proprietary image fingerprinting and recognition technology designed with the purpose of combatting both child sexual abuse imagery and the distribution of non-consensual intimate images, and to help prevent the re-uploading of that content to our platform.
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5454We also utilize age estimation capabilities to analyze content uploaded to our platform using a combination of internal proprietary software and external technology in an effort to strengthen the varying methods we use to prevent the upload and publication of potential or actual CSAM.
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5656Together, these tools play a fundamental role in our shared fight against the dissemination of CSAM on our platform, as well as our mission to assist in collective industry efforts to eradicate the horrendous global crime that is online child sexual exploitation and abuse.
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