{"id":23949,"date":"2022-12-16T08:08:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-16T08:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2022\/12\/16\/microsoft-teams-is-a-vector-for-child-sexual-abuse-material-the-register\/"},"modified":"2022-12-16T08:08:00","modified_gmt":"2022-12-16T08:08:00","slug":"microsoft-teams-is-a-vector-for-child-sexual-abuse-material-the-register","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2022\/12\/16\/microsoft-teams-is-a-vector-for-child-sexual-abuse-material-the-register\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Teams is a vector for child sexual abuse material \u2022 The Register"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Australia’s e-safety commissioner, a government agency charged with keeping citizens safe online, has delivered a report on seven tech platforms’ mechanisms to protect children from online sexual abuse \u2013 and found most don’t respond quickly, or have the processes to do so well.<\/p>\n

The commissioner oversees Australia’s Basic Online Safety Expectations<\/a> that spell out how Australia expects online platforms to behave. The core of the Expectations is that platforms will do their best to stamp out unlawful or harmful material, allow users to report it, and respond to requests for information from the commissioner.<\/p>\n

In August 2022, the commissioner sent Transparency Requests requiring seven service providers \u2013 Apple, Meta, WhatsApp, Microsoft, Snap, Skype, and anonymous chat service Omegle \u2013 to explain the tools, policies and processes they use to address child sexual exploitation and abuse (CSEA) material and actions. The commissioner asked how they address proliferation of such vile material, the online grooming of children, and the use of video calling and conferencing services to provide live feeds of child abuse.<\/p>\n

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