A Pornhub Chatbot Stopped Millions From Searching for Child Abuse Videos
www.wired.com
Every time someone in the UK searched for child abuse material on Pornhub, a chatbot appeared and told them how to get help.

A trial program conducted by Pornhub in collaboration with UK-based child protection organizations aimed to deter users from searching for child abuse material (CSAM) on its website. Whenever CSAM-related terms were searched, a warning message and a chatbot appeared, directing users to support services. The trial reported a significant reduction in CSAM searches and an increase in users seeking help. Despite some limitations in data and complexity, the chatbot showed promise in deterring illegal behavior online. While the trial has ended, the chatbot and warnings remain active on Pornhub’s UK site, with hopes for similar measures across other platforms to create a safer internet environment.

  • BlackmistEnglish
    456·
    8 months ago

    Did it? Or did it make them look elsewhere?

    The amount of school uniform, braces, pigtails and step-sister porn on Pornhub makes me think they want the nonces to watch.

      • michaelmrose@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        8 months ago

        Reasonable adults sites don’t return obviously sketchy things for reasonable queries. EG you don’t search boobs and get 12 year olds.

      • PM_Your_Nudes_Please@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        8 months ago

        And what days were those? Cuz you pretty much need to go all the way back to pre-internet days. Hell, even that isn’t far enough, cuz Playboy’s youngest model was like 12 at one point.

        • The Snark Urge@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          8 months ago

          Depressing, isn’t it? I was more talking about how prevalent “fauxcest” has become in porn more recently. I guess that’s just my cross to bear as an only child 💅

      • BlackmistEnglish
        13·
        8 months ago

        I kind of want to trigger it to see what searches it reacts to, but at the same time I don’t want my IP address on a watchlist.

    • EdibleFriend@lemmy.worldEnglish
      8·
      8 months ago

      given the amount of extremely edgy content already on Pornhub, this is kinda sus

      Yeah…i am honestly curious what these search terms were, how many of those were ACTUALLY looking for CP. And of those…how many are now flagged somewhow?

      • Arsonistic@lemmy.mlEnglish
        2·
        8 months ago

        I know I got the warning when I searched for young gymnast or something like that cuz I was trying to find a specific video I had seen before. False positives can be annoying, but that’s the only time I’ve ever encountered it.