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Google has an automated tool to detect abusive images of children. But the system can get it wrong, and the consequences are serious. Mark noticed something amiss with his toddler. His son's penis looked swollen and was hurting him. Mark, a...

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Google has an automated tool to detect abusive images of children but the system can get it wrong, and the consequences are serious.

Posts about false positives written by Mike Masnick and Techdirt

Mark noticed something amiss with his toddler. His son’s penis looked swollen and was hurting him. Mark, a stay-at-home dad in San Francisco, grabbed his Android smartphone and took photos

Google has an automated tool to detect abusive images of children. But the system can get it wrong, and the consequences are serious.

In a recent article, the New York Times tells the story of a father who attempted to seek telemedicine treatment for his son amidst the coronavirus pandemic, sending photos of his son to the doctor for inspection at the request of the medical office. Google tagged the images as child abuse material, disabled his account, and reported him to the police.

Posts about parents written by Mike Masnick and Techdirt

Internet users’ private messages, files, and photos of everyday people are increasingly being examined by tech companies, which check the data against government databases. While this is not a new practice, the public is being told this massive scanning should extend to nearly every reach of their...

Posts about healthcare written by Mike Masnick, Techdirt, and Michael Ho