There has never been a reported case of PhotoDNA generating a false positive which resulted in anybody being arrested, much less convicted. And yet it has been working on a gargantuan scale since 2009. That being so, why is it that such a high proportion of the child sexual abuse materials still being discovered are copies of images which have been found before?
Author: John Carr
John Carr is one of the world's leading authorities on children's and young people's use of the internet and digital technologies. He is a former Senior Technical Adviser to Bangkok-based global NGO ECPAT International and a former Secretary of the UK's Children's Charities' Coalition on Internet Safety. John has advised the Council of Europe, the UN (ITU), UNODC, the EU and UNICEF. A former member of Microsoft's Policy Board for Europe, the Middle East and Africa and a former Vice President of Mspace, he has also advised several of the world's largest technology companies on online child safety and ethical investors with shares in high tech businesses. John's skill as a writer has also been widely recognised. http://johncarrcv.blogspot.com and https://substack.com/@johnc1912
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