StopNCII Announces PhotoDNA Integration and Niantic as New Industry Partner
Yesterday, StopNCII.org announced some exciting new developments as part of an event SWGfL and NCMEC (National Centre for Missing and Exploited Children) hosted at the Microsoft Offices in New York, discussing with various industry representatives about the important work StopNCII.org and Take It Down achieve in the ongoing prevention of non-consensual intimate image abuse.
As part of this event, StopNCII.org announced that Niantic, real-world AR company and developer of Pokémon GO has joined the StopNCII.org as a new industry partner joining Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Bumble Inc, Reddit, OnlyFans, Aylo, Threads and Snap Inc. as industry platforms able to receive hashes from StopNCII.org.
It was also announced that StopNCII.org will integrate an updated version of Microsoft’s PhotoDNA technology into the platform allowing for wider implementation and potential for more industry platforms to join the initiative.