Facebook move to put an end to ‘revenge porn’

FACEBOOK will ask Britons to send them their nude pictures so they can be blocked if they are ever uploaded to the site in a “revenge porn” attack.

The social network is this week testing a “proactive technique”, assigning the offending intimate pictures with a unique identifier. If a picture with the same identifier is uploaded in the future, it will be blocked from Facebook, Instagram, Whatsapp and Messenger.

Those who are concerned they may become a victim can call the Government-funded UK Revenge Porn Helpline, which will submit a form to Facebook on their behalf.

Upon receiving an email link, which they can upload the picture to, a trained Facebook employee will review its content and assign the digital fingerprint. The snaps are deleted soon after.

Antigone Davis, Facebook’s global head of safety said: “It’s demeaning and devastating when someone’s intimate images are shared without their permission and we want to do everything we can to help victims of this abuse.”