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When someone submits a removal request, the platform has 48 hours to determine if it is acceptable. If it determines that this is the case, it must delete all such statements and similar documents.
Several major platforms reportedly use an industry standard tool called StopNCIIwhich uses similar algorithms to identify offensive images and videos and is run by a British non-profit organization. People can open cases directly on the tool’s website to increase what the tools represent. Reddit, TikTok, Snap, Microsoft Bing, and Meta’s social media platforms Facebook, Instagram, and Threads are all listed as participants on the tool’s website.
Although major platforms have provided forms to help regulate the posting process, Alejandro Cuevas, a fellow at Princeton’s Center for Information Technology Policy who has studied the law’s impact on social media, noted that some sites only provide an email address for people to submit takedown requests.
Cuevas says that in these times, keeping good records, including links to the offending, is very important, because there is concern that if “senders fail to do one of these things, it can be a shield for the company to not comply with the request or delay it or ruin it.”
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Cindy Southworth, head of women’s safety at Meta, said that the company agreed with the project and “has already been following it for several months.” Meta provides a support page which includes the routing of requests Facebook, Instagram, Threadand Meta AI.
Microsoft
To submit a request to remove certain Microsoft products, including Bing Search and OneDrive, Microsoft has a form called “Say Something Bad.” People need to first identify the content and share the link before they can name their “brand of Concern” as “Photographs of Their Unacceptable Hearts.”
Brad Smith, vice chairman and president of Microsoft, says “President Trump’s signing of the Take It Down Act provides important tools to prevent the use of technology and protect people from computer harm.”
Google (including YouTube)
A Google spokesperson told WIRED that the company acknowledged this and has been using policies and tools to block non-compliant images since 2015. Google has a voluntary takedown request. appearance where people can post up to 10 links at a time, and they have a separate appearance where people can submit takedown requests on YouTube.
Reddit spokeswoman Jen Molina says Reddit was an early supporter of the Take It Down Act, and that it “has changed our practices to ensure compliance with the Act’s requirements once it takes effect.”
Logged-in users can comment on their posts, and Reddit is adding a comment form to its website on May 19.
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A spokesperson for Snap said in a statement to WIRED: “We’ve put in place mechanisms for Snapchatters and others to report this type of behavior. We’re continuing to update these systems as part of our extensive security measures, including investing in tools and technologies to detect and act on illegal porn and similar images shared without permission.”
The prophet shared a link to a support page that the company appears to have changed to include post-WIRED content. Snap has a general “Report Account or Content” feature where people can choose “They are sharing my private/intimate photos without my permission” or “They are threatening to hide my private/intimate photos without my permission” as a subsection of “They have leaked/threatened to share my private/intimate photos (real or AI-generated)”
A LinkedIn spokesperson says the platform has “no tolerance for inappropriate images.” Logged-in users can submit a request by clicking the three dots on the top right of each post and selecting “Unauthorized intimate photos”.
Starting May 19, the spokesperson adds, anyone, even people without accounts, will be able to submit requests for removal through the Help Center form, and that each report will be reviewed by a human.
TikTok
TikTok’s US spokesperson Mahsau Cullinane says the company has an NCII abuse policy and was an early supporter of the Take It Down Act. People can create reports through a appearance that it also links to its in-app comment tool (available on every post via the “Share” button.)
Epic Games
Cat McCormack, a spokeswoman for Epic Games, says that people can submit requests to have it removed through its website. form to report illegal activities instrument, which is said to be amended by other sections to comply with the Take It Down Act.
To submit a removal request through this form, people must select “Cyberbullying” or “Cyberbullying against women” under the heading “What kind of behaviors or behaviors are you reporting?” question and then choose “Random sharing of content (intimate), including (graphic) sexual abuse (except for those that depict children)” or “Random sharing of content containing deepfake or similar technology using another person’s content (except for those that depict children)”.
Roblox
In-app, users can submit removal requests through the “Report Abuse” menu, or through a description form in its support areas. At the time of publication, the site had not been updated with the Take It Down Act notice.
“Roblox proudly supported the passage of the Take It Down Act and we fully support its goals,” said Nicky Jackson Colaco, Roblox’s global head of legal affairs. “Although our platform does not allow users to share photos or videos via chat, to help protect people from non-consensual pornography (NCII), we are introducing a voluntary reporting capability.”
The spokesman confirmed that users can upload photos and videos to all programming forums and as part of events, which are 3D worlds that users create and play together.
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Elymae Cedeno, Bumble’s Senior Vice President and Customer Service Representative, says the dating app takes NCII “very seriously and supports this section of the Take It Down Act.” Anyone can submit a removal request through a appearance integrated into its support environment, and Cedeno says reports are quickly reviewed and handled “quickly and carefully, prioritizing security and privacy throughout the process.”
