Facebook CTO Mike Schroepfer image: JD Lasica on Flickr

According to a Facebook announcement, the company is testing a new detection technology to combat ‘revenge porn’, that involves an “emergency option (for users) to securely and proactively submit a photo to Facebook”, with Facebook in turn creating a “digital fingerprint” of that image to prevent it from being shared on its platform.

Facebook says it’ll expand this pilot over coming months so “more people can benefit from this option in an emergency”. The company is also launching “Not Without My Consent,”, a “victim-support hub” in its Safety Center that it says was developed together with experts. It says victims of revenge porn will be able to find organizations and resources to support them, including steps that can be taken to get “non-consensual intimate images” off Facebook and prevent further sharing.

Facebook chief operating officer (COO) Sheryl Sandberg Photo by Nadine Rupp/Getty Images

“We’re also going to make it easier and more intuitive for victims to report when their intimate images were shared on Facebook. And over the coming months, we’ll build a victim support toolkit to give people around the world more information with locally and culturally relevant support.” Facebook said in a statement.

It’s partnering with Revenge Porn Helpline (UK), Cyber Civil Rights Initiative (US), Digital Rights Foundation (Pakistan), SaferNet (Brazil) and Professor Lee Ji-yeon (South Korea) for this effort.

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