The New York Times has documented other episodes in which parents’ digital lives were upended by naked photos and videos of their children that Google’s A.I.
systems flagged and that human reviewers determined to be illicit.
Her account would eventually be deleted, a Google login page informed her, but she could appeal the decision.
Children’s advocates and lawmakers around the world have pushed technology companies to stop the online spread of abusive imagery by monitoring for such material on their platforms.
Many communications providers now scan the photos and videos saved and shared by their users to look for known images of abuse that had been reported to the authorities.
Persons:
Watkins, “, Children’s
Organizations:
New York Times, Google
Locations:
New South Wales, Australia