Government seeks “nudity-detection algorithms” in iOS and Android, report says.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/55094518

“The UK government wants technology companies to block explicit images on phones and computers by default to protect children, with adults having to verify their age to create and access such content,” the FT report said. “Ministers want the likes of Apple and Google to incorporate nudity-detection algorithms into their device operating systems to prevent users taking photos or sharing images of genitalia unless they are verified as adults.”

  • neon_nova@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    5·
    16 days ago

    OMG. These plans are getting on my nerves.

    When a parent gives a kid their device and sets the child’s birthday, then enable these. If the birthday is over 18, the let them do what they want.

    Let parents parent the kid and get the government out of my life.

      • richmondez@lemdro.idEnglish
        2·
        16 days ago

        Worse is that it likely won’t be able to distinguish between intentionally titilating material and material intended to educate. Only over 18 are allowed to learn about human physiology after submitting identifying information.

        • REDACTED@infosec.pubEnglish
          0·
          16 days ago

          Children generally aren’t that interested in nudity and most don’t understand porn, just that it’s something shocking

            • IronBird@lemmy.worldEnglish
              1·
              16 days ago

              worst thing for sexuality the UK ever did was let the protestants flee to the US instead of executing them (which they had no trouble doing with so many other “undesirables”), now their braindead dogma is spreading back across the pond

    • MudMan@fedia.io
      1·
      16 days ago

      It’s kind of unfortunate how much this has been encouraged by petty online fights. People were very excited when “will somebody think of the children” was applied to, say, some social media content or gaming loot boxes because the Internet did not like those things, so they were very happy to ignore the pre-existing parental control devices and request blanket bans. Then people remembered that a bunch of old, prudish people on both sides of the political aisle don’t like porn and it was too late.

      Man, people love the “they first came for” argument online and I should have guessed the first time it really pays off in the 21st century it’d include the absolute most depressing things possible instead.

      Anyway, this is bad and I don’t like it, but UK politics are almost as bad as US politics, so I’m happy to let both stew in their own cautionary tale juices.

    • mannycalavera@feddit.ukEnglish
      0·
      16 days ago

      That seems the most sensible way of doing things. Apple probably doesn’t want that outcome though because then they’ll be liable for the implementation rather than, for example, the social networks or websites.

      Always gotta be thinking about the Apple shareholders.

      • thejml@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        1·
        16 days ago

        Honestly, No. I don’t want my phone making decisions for me or my kids. If its site by site, they can just go somewhere else.

        As a parent, I’m far more worried about shitty social media algorithms that push narratives and online bullying and misinformation than I am about nudity. People have bodies, sex happens, it’s normal, whatever. I’d rather my kid learned about all that instead of being sheltered away from it until they turned 18.

        If anything, normalizing nudity and acceptance of different body types is probably a good thing for kids to learn, especially females where a constant narrative of “skinny, pretty, perfect” is being shoved on them and shaming them for not being a super model is considered the status quo.

        Let me make that decision as a parent, don’t try to protect my kids for me.