Showing 4 results for:
child-exploitation
Popular topics
All results
For many making attempts to teach their older loved one’s anything technical, the response is typically rooted in the fact that it is too hard or can’t be figured out. But, Forbes 30 Under 30 recipient, Fareedah Shaheed is not taking that for an answer. Her response was to create, Sekuva –a tech company that facilitates helping parents keep their children safe navigating virtual spaces. According to USA Today , “The increase in reports tracks in the United States and abroad during the pandemic, experts said. Tips to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, the clearinghouse for such information in the United States, nearly doubled from 6.3 million in the first half of 2019 to 12 million through June of this year. Reports of online enticement similarly spiked during that timeframe, from 6,863 to 13,268.” Shaheed created Sekuva with an understanding of the influx of cyber bullying having been a recipient of being bullied as a Black American girl growing up in Saudi...
YouTube has been dealing with child safety issues on its platform for quite some time. However, in the wake of a New York Times article that called YouTube an “open gate for pedophiles,” more lawmakers are speaking out about the problem. Last week, Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) proposed a bill that would ban platforms like YouTube from recommending videos of children. Hawleys’ bill was in direct response to the Times’ report that YouTube’s recommendation system would show people videos of prepubescent, partially clothed children. A summary of the bill noted that YouTube often recommended those videos to people “who have viewed sexually themed content or many videos of prepubescent children.” “To make matters worse, some of these videos are linked to the kids’ social media accounts,” the bill added. “Pedophiles who find these videos on YouTube’s recommendation then contact those children and try to ‘groom’ them ‘into posting more sexualized pictures or engaging in sexual activity and...
After the Christchurch shooting was allowed to livestream on Facebook and subsequently spread across social media , governments around the world have put pressure on big tech companies to answer for it. Now, it seems advertisers have lost their patience and are calling for companies to present solid plans for change. Recently, Mastercard’s CMO and president of the World Federation of Advertisers (WFA) Raja Rajamannar called on the group to put pressure on tech companies to prevent platforms from being “hijacked by those with malicious intent,” as reported by CNBC . The WFA is a massive player in the marketing world. The group — whose buying power nears a trillion — contains members like PepsiCo, P&G, and Diageo. Rajamannar says the call is about more than just a “brand safety issue.” In an interview with CNBC, he explained, “It’s a societal safety issue, and as marketers we have a responsibility to society.” Rajamannar also told CNBC: “Do you want live streaming of a shooting...
Nestle, Disney, and other major brands have decided to suspend their YouTube ads, according to TechCrunch . This comes after a YouTube creator said the platform enabled a “soft-core pedophilia ring.” Blogger Matt Watson posted a 20-minute video accusing the platform of “facilitating the sexual exploitation of children” and that it was being monetized. Watson discussed the issue in a Reddit post , too. Watson found videos of kids with YouTube users sharing inappropriate comments and timestamps. That included videos like girls performing gymnastics or yoga, as outlined by CNN. Through his video, TechCrunch reported Watson showed how YouTube’s algorithm forced people into “a pedophilia wormhole.” Since then, large companies have responded by pulling their ads. Nestle told CNBC all of its U.S. companies “have paused advertising on YouTube.” A spokesperson told CNN the ads were pulled after being “shown on videos where inappropriate comments were being made.” In addition, Epic, who makes...