The Nonprofit Fighting Online Child Sex Abuse Needs a Tech Upgrade

WSJ Tech News Briefing

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🗓️ 23 April 2024

⏱️ 12 minutes

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The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, or NCMEC, wasn’t created to serve as the nation’s central system for detecting child exploitation online, but for the past 25 years, that’s what it’s done. A WSJ analysis and a Stanford report found that the nonprofit is contending with outdated technology and legal constraints as the number of reports soars. WSJ technology reporter Jeff Horwitz tells host Alex Ossola why change might be on the way. Plus, WSJ Heard on the Street columnist Dan Gallagher talks about what analysts are looking for in Meta’s first-quarter earnings tomorrow. Listening on Google Podcasts? Here's our guide for switching to a different podcast player. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:17.2	Welcome to Tech News Briefing.
0:22.4	It's Tuesday, April 23rd. I'm Alex Osala for the Wall Street Journal.
0:27.0	Coming up on today's show, Meta is expected to report its first quarter earnings tomorrow.
0:32.0	W.S.J. Heard on the street columnist Dan Galle report its first quarter earnings tomorrow.
0:32.6	W.S.J. Heard on the Street columnist Dan Gallagher
0:35.4	tells us why some analysts have high expectations.
0:39.0	And then, when tech platforms encounter images
0:41.8	and videos of child abuse online, those materials are often
0:45.1	sent to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, which maintains a database.
0:50.0	But a lot of the non-profits technology and processes are outdated.
0:54.1	We'll hear about how the system works and how it might change,
0:57.2	from W.S.J. reporter Jeff Horwitz.
1:02.1	But first, meta investors have had a lot to be happy about so far this year.
1:06.7	The Facebook Parents valuation has surged, and its market cap of over 1.2 trillion dollars
1:12.3	is 13% above the peak it saw in late 2021.
1:16.4	And even with the tech sector wide sell-off last Friday, the company's stock was up 36% for
1:21.5	the year at yesterday's close.
1:23.0	W.S.J. heard on the street columnist Dan Gallagher
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