At the beginning of August last year, contact point de said Wired that there were only two images left on four different Microsoft servers. “We deeply regret that this problem took almost 10 months of communication between the victim, Microsoft and us as a non -governmental organization to solve,” the non -governmental organization said at that time.
Gregoire, head of the Microsoft Digital security, claims that the situation of Liu encouraged her team to improve reporting processes and relationships with victims’ assistance groups. According to Gregoirea, Point de Contact, initially marked links over which the company had no control. Refused to develop circumstances. Dirani claims that this explanation has never been transferred to him and does not remain unclear, why the connections were not “possible to act”.
It was only after Powell deserted Thomas in the Liu case, Microsoft obtained URLs on which he could act. “We are grateful to be a completely honest, spontaneous connection in Trustcon,” says Gregire. But this should not be needed again: Point de contact now has a more direct way to stay in touch.
Other groups of helping victims say that their relationship with technological giants remain tough. Last year, wired investigation revealed that Google management rejected many ideas raised by employees and external supporters, which are aimed at preventing problematic images in search results. Some who survived have discovered that the fastest way to remove the content is to submit claims regarding copyright, in which, according to people working in the online security industry, is inappropriate.
According to Emma Pickering, the head of technology, the largest British national abuse, the lack of consistency in politicians and processes among technology companies contributes to delays in the protection of overthrows. “Everyone just reacts, although they decide – and the reaction is usually extremely weak,” he says. (Google introduced up-to-date rules in July 2024 to accelerate removals.)
Pickering claims that in particular Microsoft was tough. “I was recently told that if I want to get involved with them, we must provide evidence that we use their platform and promote them,” he says, adding that shelter is trying to get involved in as many technological platforms as possible.
Gregoire from Microsoft says he will deal with these fears and is open to dialogue. The company hopes that it will stop the need to remove, partially, scare away the perpetrators. Microsoft in December last year sued a group of 10 unknown people which allegedly celebrated security on the Azure platform and used AI tool to generate offensive images, including some Gregoire described as sexually harmful. “We don’t want our services to be used to cause damage,” he says.
For Liu, the challenge did not end. According to links reviewed by Wired, films and images depicting its naked remain on at least one “Free Porn” site. She also had to pour her savings into development Alecto AI Because investors’ support was impoverished. Some investors allegedly told her that she did not utilize her own experience on her pitch. Liu says that when she put one pair of men-women who considered investing, they laughs with the idea of building a company around the utilize of artificial intelligence to detect the abuse of an online image. Liu says that even by answering that she almost killed herself after the victims, he doesn’t rock him much.
In December 2024, over four and a half years after the beginning of her nightmare, Liu found a flash of hope. The proposal, which she talked about in the US Congress, to require websites to remove unwanted clear photos within 48 hours almost ended at the desk of the then President Joe Biden. Ultimately, it was put on a shelf, but real progress has never been so close. Liu and a double -sided group of over 20 legislators did not give up; In January They introduced the proposal againwhich threatens potential penalties up to USD 50,000 for violation. Despite reservations With groups of rights I was worried about excessive censorship, The act has passed Senate last week. Even Microsoft He started with it.
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