Zoom is cracking down on virtual sex parties with artificial intelligence – Dazed

Now that were a month into lockdown, youve probably spent a considerable amount of your social life (read: all) on video messaging platforms. While its admittedly a great way to stay connected with friends when youre most likely cooped up in a cramped London flatshare, or enjoying a second wave of teenage angst at your parents house, its also led to some pretty raunchy gatherings: introducing the virtual sex party.

According to Rolling Stone, Zoom the popular teleconferencing app has become an unlikely gathering place for COVID-19 era millennials wanting to partake in play parties (AKA virtual chats where you can jerk off in the company of other socially-distanced people).

In short, Zooms not happy about it, and its using machine learning to identify accounts in violation of its policies, which strictly prohibit displays of nudity, violence, pornography, sexuality explicit material, or criminal activity.

We encourage users to report suspected violations of our policies, and we use a mix of tools, including machine learning, to proactively identify accounts that may be in violation, a spokesperson for Zoom told Rolling Stone.

While the platform hasnt specified what sort of machine-learning tools its using, or how the technology alerts the platform to pornographic content, a spokesperson said that itll take a number of actions against those caught in the act.

Meanwhile, rival video platform Houseparty is offering $1 millionfor info on an alleged smear campaign, which claims users have been getting their accounts hacked and personal information stolen. Basically, the internets reverted into the Wild West, and we love it.

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Zoom is cracking down on virtual sex parties with artificial intelligence - Dazed