Thorn’s ‘Safer’ uses perceptual hashing and machine learning algorithms to identify child sexual abuse material (CSAM)
By Arya Goswami - Marktechpost
The vast majority of us profoundly put resources into securing our homes and working environments, children, and networks. So, for what reason would we accept anything less than a safe online condition in which to exist?
The recent tech-product by the non-profit organization, Thorn – Safer brings new hope for children’s online safety against child abuse with 99% precision.
Thorn was founded by Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore in 2009.
Safer uses machine learning classification model to flag the files suspected to CSAM ( Child Sexual Abuse Material).
The recognition services of the product include:
Image and Video Hash Matching: The product generates cryptographic hashes for pictures and compares them with known CSAM( Child Sexual Abuse Matching) hashes in the database.
CSAM Image Classifier: Machine Learning classification model trained on various datasets containing thousands of images, including adult pornography, is used to classify suspected images as CSAM.
The child abuse content found by Safer can be reviewed as well as reported using a single interface. It will lead to a faster response in helping the children and bringing them to a safe environment.
Safer is presently accessible for any organization working in the US. Thistle intends to extend to different nations one year from now in the wake of modifying for every nation’s public announcing necessities.
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Rapists will be surgically castrated and child sex fiends face death penalty under new law in Nigerian state
Niamh Cavanagh, The Sun
CONVICTED rapists will be surgically castrated under strict new laws in a Nigerian state.
Sex fiends who rape a child under 14 will face the death penalty.
Sex attackers who rape a child under 14 will face the death penalty
It comes after public anger over a rise in rapes in the state of Kaduna during months of Covid restrictions.
Governor Nasir Ahman El-Rufai, of Kaduna State, said the “drastic penalties are required to help further protect children from a serious crime".
Male rapists will now be subject to surgical castration while women who are convicted of child sex offences will have their fallopian tubes removed.
Those convicted will also be handed the death penalty for raping a child under the age of 14 and a life sentence for raping an adult.
Mr El-Rufai signed the legislation into law on Wednesday after it had gained parliament approval.
A group of men protest against rape in Nigeria in LagosCredit: Getty Images - Getty
SURGICAL CASTRATION
Previous laws stated that a person convicted of raping an adult would get a maximum 21-year prison sentence while a life sentence was handed out for the rape of a child.
The new law has been introduced as a way to curb the spike in sexual violence seen across the Kaduna state. Nigeria has seen a huge increase in reports of rape during the last several months of the coronavirus lockdown.
Nearly 800 cases of sexual violence were reported between January and May in this year.
The major surge prompted women’s rights groups to call for harsher punishments on convicted rapists.
Activist and rape survivor Dorothy Njemanze has said she would like to see the law adopted in other Nigerian states.
"In retrospect, if everyone that raped me was put through that [surgical castration] other people that they might have also raped would have been spared the calamity," she said Sky News.
Tim Tebow Joins AG Barr, Ivanka Trump To Announce
$100M in Grants To Combat Human Trafficking
Elizabeth Johnston
Tim Tebow has teamed up with Attorney General William Barr and White House adviser Ivanka Trump to provide much-needed funding to organizations fighting the ongoing battle against the modern-day slavery of women, girls, and boys across the world.
According to NBC8, Barr and Trump hosted a roundtable in Atlanta on Monday to discuss the issue and announce the creation of $100 million in grants to fight human trafficking. At the discussion, Tebow, whose tireless work to fight human trafficking eclipses his successful career in professional sports, shared his vision for “making a dent” in the fight against modern slavery.
“I’m grateful for all of you that are here and all of the work that you have done,” Tebow said, addressing the room alongside his wife, Demi-Leigh. “I truly am so grateful, because, for me and my wife, this isn’t an 8 to 5, a 9 to 5, this is a calling.”
“It’s a calling because we believe it’s the greatest form of evil in the world today. Because there are 40 million people around the world that need us,” Tebow declared. “They need us to say, ‘no longer is it about the credit, it’s about the mission.'”
“Eventually we have to say, ‘not on our watch. Not anymore,'” he went on.
Tebow proceeded to outline a three-fold approach in addressing human trafficking. It starts, he explained, with a proactive approach to support families “before they get in a desperate situation where they do something that eventually they’re gonna regret.”
The second prong, Tebow went on, was to be “a part of the rescue.”
“That’s one of our non-negotiables, is we’re on a rescue mission. When you say ‘rescue mission,’ it puts a timeline on it… We have to live with a sense of urgency to rescue as many lives as possible.”
The third aspect of the plan is to build longterm relationships, Tebow said, because “it does take holistic healing. It takes holistic love, and it also takes sharing with someone that they might have been a slave physically but they’ve also so many times become a slave inside. Slavery’s not just on the outside, it’s on the inside as well.”
“So many times, these survivors have forgotten their worth,” Tebow lamented.
“You know, the reason why we got into this was because eight years ago, my dad was preaching in a remote country, and there were four girls that he was next to that were being sold,” Tebow recalled. “And he took out all the money out of his wallet, which was $1,250 and he bought those four girls. And then he called me and said, ‘I just bought four girls and not really sure what to do now.’ and I said, ‘that’s OK, dad. we’ve got your back.”
Tebow and his father proceeded to build their first safe home, supporting those four girls and going out to rescue more from the clutches of slavery.
“I’m so grateful for that day because it opened my eyes to what is happening around the world.”
“Another one of our non-negotiables is that there’s power when we come together,” Tebow concluded. “We need more people to be able to come together on this, because when we do, we believe there’s power, and we believe we can make a dent.”
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One small step back from the brink of #PCMadness:
UK scraps plans to allow trans-identified people to change sex ID
without medical examination
By Brandon Showalter, CP Reporter
The U.K. government has scrapped proposed revisions to the Gender Recognition Act that would have allowed transgender-identifying individuals to change their sex listed on documents without a first having a medical examination to diagnose gender dysphoria.
The announcement comes approximately two years after the government signaled its plans to allow trans-identified people to identify their chosen sex on legal documents. The reversal comes after significant pushback from women's rights campaigners who have argued that self-ID undermines women's sex-based rights.
Government ministers decided that “proper checks and balances in the system and also support for people who want to change their legal sex” already existed within the legal regime, The Independent reported Tuesday.
As it stands, anyone wanting to change their birth sex on legal documents must file an application along with two reports from a doctor or psychologist stating they have suffered from gender dysphoria to obtain a gender recognition certificate.
According to the BBC, U.K. Equalities Minister Liz Truss said in a statement that GRA reform was “not the top priority for transgender people. Perhaps their most important concern is the state of trans healthcare,” she said, in a statement supplied to members of parliament.
“Trans people tell us that waiting lists at NHS gender clinics are too long. I agree, and I am deeply concerned at the distress it can cause.”
This is because there are far too many transitions being approved; exponentially more than there were just a few years ago.
Are more steps back from the brink possible?
Truss' statement comes amid ongoing scrutiny of transgender medical practices in the U.K. Earlier this year, a formal clinical review was set in motion to investigate both the safety and efficacy of puberty-blocking drugs and the rules pertaining to parental consent before a child undergoes body-altering medical procedures.
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UK Government doubles funding for child sexual abuse charities to £2.4 million
The joint Home Office and Ministry of Justice fund will support national charities that work with children and adults who have experienced child sexual abuse.
Ministers have boosted support for victims and survivors of child sexual abuse.
The government has doubled the financial support it provides to national organisations that support victims and survivors of child sexual abuse to £2.4 million.
The Home Office and the Ministry of Justice are awarding a two-year grant for the first time, in order to provide much needed stability for voluntary sector organisations, several of which are facing increased demand for their services as a result of Covid-19.
Does this include transgender detransitioning which needs a phenomenal rise in support immediately?
The Support for Victims and Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse Fund aims to assist national organisations in supporting both adult and child victims and survivors of child sexual abuse across England and Wales, with several organisations also providing support to parents, carers and family members.
Services the money will go towards include support lines, specialist telephone and digital counselling, support groups for survivors, training for professionals, support for victims with learning difficulties and their families, and development of online resources for victims and survivors.
The funding builds on an unprecedented £76 million package of support to ensure the most vulnerable in society get the support they need during the coronavirus pandemic – which included £10 million to help victims of sexual violence access advice and support.
Victims Minister Alex Chalk said: The horrific effects of child sexual abuse are often endured by survivors long into adult life.
This new investment will ensure victims can access the specialist emotional and practical support they need – helping them to cope with and where possible recover from these appalling crimes.
The eight charities receiving the funding in 2020-22 are: Safeline Warwick, National Association for People Abused in Childhood (NAPAC), Mosac, Mankind, Rape Crisis England and Wales, The Survivors Trust, Victim Support and Barnardo’s.
The Safeguarding Minister will today visit Mosac, one of the recipients of the fund and a charity which provides support to sexually abused children and their non-abusing family members. The Minister will see how the charity’s helpline, therapy, counselling and advocacy services operate, as well as watching a video recorded by a child abuse survivor who became a support worker.
Becky Booth, CEO of Mosac, said: Mosac welcomes this timely increase in support from the Home Office and the Ministry of Justice. The increased demand for our services during the pandemic has highlighted the widespread impact of the virus throughout society.
This funding will enable Mosac to expand our advocacy and advice services to non-abusing family members, a key element of our holistic support for families.
Calls to the charity’s child sexual abuse helpline have more than doubled during lockdown, from around 40 on a normal July/August to 105 in July and 93 in August this year.
Improving support for victims and survivors will be a key element of the forthcoming cross-government strategy on child sexual abuse, which will drive collaboration between government, law enforcement, safeguarding partners and industry to take a more joined up approach to tackling all forms of child abuse.
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