Google Jigsaw is developing a free tool to help small websites identify and remove extremist content.
The project, developed with support from Tech Against Terrorism, makes it easier for moderation teams to deal with potentially illegal content. This effort is also supported by the Global Internet Counterterrorism Forum (founded by Google, Meta, Microsoft, and Twitter), which also offers a cross-service database of terrorist targets.
Two sites, which were not named in the report, will begin testing the tool later in 2023.
Google’s tool is primarily intended to help sites that cannot afford to develop algorithms to detect malicious content with the help of AI or hire a large staff of moderators. The technology could also be useful in complying with the EU’s Digital Services Act and the UK’s current Internet Safety Bill, both of which would require site operators to remove extremist content or face penalties.
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Both Google and Tech Against Terrorism see their project as necessary to address gaps in countering terrorist activity online. Extremists and disinformers created on major platforms often migrate to smaller resources that do not always have the ability to fully monitor content. Ideally, this will reduce the chances of terrorists finding a “sanctuary”.
The new tool has limitations: some social platforms are unwilling to moderate content (even if app operators claim it incites violence), so Google’s technology won’t be particularly useful for them. Nor will it prevent terrorists from sharing material over well-encrypted messaging services or the Darknet, where ISPs cannot monitor data traffic.
Meta previously introduced its open-source Hasher-Matcher-Actioner (HMA) program, which can detect terrorist or other malicious content.
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Source: Engadget
