It is pointed out that the encrypted messaging application 'Wickr' of Amazon subsidiary is a hotbed of child pornography
Wickr's messaging app, owned by Amazon Web Services, exchanges a lot of content such as child pornography and sexual abuse, and the authorities have questioned Amazon's reluctance to address this issue.
Amazon's chat app Wickr is flooded with child sexual abuse images — and little is being done to stop it
Wickr's messaging app 'Wickr' only requires a username and password to register, no email address or other personal information. Users can chat individually or in groups via invitations and searches, and communication is end-to-end encrypted.
However, the good thing about privacy is that some users are sharing images and videos about child sexual abuse. Messages that metaphorize child pornography transactions on Wickr are exchanged on major online bulletin boards such as Reddit and blog service Tumblr, and the composition of 'calling on an external service and trading on Wickr' has been confirmed.
US law requires an electronic communications service provider to report any child sexual abuse to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC).
For example, Meta-owned services such as Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram constantly scan unencrypted text and media uploaded to the platform using algorithmic detection methods to show signs of child sexual abuse. Detecting. In 2021, Meta reported to NCMEC the number of child sexual abuse images of 22,118,952 on Facebook, 3,393,654 on Instagram, and 1,372,696 on WhatsApp. According to experts, the high number of reports is a good sign that companies are actively working to detect child exploitation on the platform.
However, there were only 15 self-reports of Wickr's child sexual abuse images. Considering that Wickr has far fewer users than Meta's service, this number of reports is extremely small, and NCMEC 'has not taken any active steps to identify such activities in-house. Is very clear, 'he mentions this number.
In addition, there were about 3,500 reports of child sexual abuse images on Wickr from a third party unrelated to Wickr. Experts and law enforcement agencies suggest that the company is not actively detecting child pornography, but is clearly on the platform so that users can discover and report on their own. 'Amazon isn't actively working on this issue, and Wickr is attracting people trying to trade such content because it has less risk of detection than open services on the Internet.' I am.
An Amazon Web Services spokeswoman said, 'We are committed to preventing child sexual abuse content in all areas of our business, including Wickr, which has strict terms of use that explicitly prohibit illegal activity. Acts swiftly in response to reports of illegal activity, responds immediately to requests from law enforcement agencies, and takes appropriate action. It will be a target. '
'Wickr needs to work harder on measures to identify and prevent child sexual abuse content traded on its platform,' said John Shehan, vice president of NCMEC. rice field.
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