Researchers Say Twitter Missed Dozens of Known Images of Child Sexual Abuse Material

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🗓️ 5 June 2023

⏱️ 18 minutes

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P.M. Edition for June 5. Researchers at Stanford found that Twitter failed to prevent known images of child sexual abuse from being posted on its platform. Twitter told researchers it has since improved its detection system. Twitter reporter Alexa Corse talks about the challenges of eliminating such content from social media. Plus, American Airlines wants to reinvent business travel. Airlines and airline travel reporter Alison Sider explains what it will mean for airfare. Annmarie Fertoli hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:35.0	Researchers say Twitter missed dozens of images of child sexual abuse on its platform.
0:40.0	The company says it's improved its detection system,
0:43.0	but challenges remain for social media platforms trying to root out such content.
0:47.0	Twitter is by no means the only tech company to have faced issues like this before.
0:53.0	It's a big challenge for internet companies to block this kind of material.
0:57.0	And of course, bad actors can evolve their methods.
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