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A series of new tools, which will help users when their private photos are shared on Facebook without their permission, Facebook announced. “When this content, which is often characterized “revenge porn”, indicated to us, now we can prevent it from being shared on Facebook, Messenger and Instagram. This is part of our ongoing efforts to build our safe community, on and off Facebook", said in a statement by Adigon Davis, Head of Global Safety of the company. According to a study on the victims of this phenomenon in the USA, the 93% of these report significant emotional distress, and 82% significant social difficulties, professional and other areas of their lives. These tools work as follows: If a user sees an image on Facebook that looks like someone's personal image that has been shared without permission, can mention it (report) through a relevant link- of choice. Subsequently, specially trained members of the company's Community Operations team review the image and take it down if it violates the social network's Community Standards. “In most cases, we also deactivate the account, to share personal images without permission. We also provide an appeals process if someone believes an image was downloaded in error.", is noted in this regard. also, photo-matching technologies are used to prevent additional attempts to share the photo on Facebook, Messenger and Instagram. If someone tries to share it after it has been reported and downloaded, is informed that it violates the rules of the social network, and that his attempt to share the photo was blocked.
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