"The guidance from Ofcom, the UK communications regulator, to combat misogynist abuse, coercive control and the sharing of intimate images without consent comes into force on Tuesday and includes recommendations to prevent women being harried online. The measures suggest tech companies enforce limits on the number of responses to posts on platforms such as X, in a move that Ofcom hopes will reduce pile-ons, where individual users are deluged with abusive replies to their posts."
"The watchdog is urging the use of hash-matching technology, which allows platforms to take down an image that has been the subject of a complaint. Under the system, an image or video reported by a user is cross-referenced against a database of illicit images for instance, a revenge porn image or an explicit deepfake that have been converted into hashes, or digital fingerprints."
Ofcom has issued guidance aimed at protecting women and girls from misogynistic abuse, coercive control and non-consensual sharing of intimate images. The guidance recommends platforms limit the number of responses to posts to curb pile-ons and reduce harassing reply storms. It urges platforms to employ hash-matching databases to identify and remove revenge porn and explicit deepfakes by matching reported images or videos against hashed illicit content. The guidance is linked to the Online Safety Act; compliance is voluntary but Ofcom will publish a 2027 report on platform responses and may recommend stronger OSA measures if implementation is inadequate.
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