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Badoo is one of the world's largest dating apps, with more than 450 million users worldwide. The problem with Badoo, like other applications of its kind, is that there is a lot of non-consensual sexting and that is causing thousands of people to abandon the application every day El Non-consensual sexting, in case this term escapes you, is the sending of photos with sexual material. In short, the classic photo of male genitalia that has been sent to you without your asking.
But Badoo has a solution, and it's called Private Detector This new feature, already present in the app, detects explicit photos of genitalia masculine giving the user the possibility to see them or not. In other words, it will hide them if you have not consented to their sending. Badoo is the first to develop something like this but we are sure that features of this type will appear in other applications in the sector soon.
Badoo is already using the Private Detector, although this video clearly explains how it works
With the help of the famous Jordi ENP (El Niño Polla) and the voice of Loulogio, Badoo has created a video to inform about this new tool and also, by the way, remember that we shouldn't send photos of our genitals if no one asks for them The video has been created by Neurads and takes us back to the 80's to show a filter that doesn't exist (watch it because it's really curious).It reminds us of classic comedies like Pajilleitor Plus or La Chorrimanguera.
Consent is important in this type of content and not having it is harassing others. Clearly this is a problem that occurs, above all, with a view to the female collective and that is why the tool only works towards one side. We would have liked them to incorporate a filter for everyone but surely they have considered that it is not necessary.
COVID-19, contrary to what many may believe, has caused dating applications to increase their use, as well as this practice of non-consensual sending of photos with sexual content. Badoo hopes that users will think twice before sending these types of images. Private Detector uses Artificial Intelligence to detect these images in real time, with an accuracy of 98% (which is really good).
This tool uses Artificial Intelligence to detect photos in real time
The image will always appear dimmed and will alert the recipient that they are being sent images with explicit content, which they will be able to view only if they they want. There is also an option that allows you to block the photo or report it to the Badoo team so they can take action against users who harass others. Let's not forget that in recent years Badoo has added many more security options so that its users are completely safe, we can remember some of them.
- Profile verification by selfie photo.
- Image moderation.
- Chat limits.
And now, before we close, we'd like to highlight this information. As they comment in the video, we are sure that most people would not drop their pants in front of a stranger in the middle of the street, why would you on the Internet? The truth is that it is not funny and this practice is classified as harassmentMore and more people are suffering from it, although luckily, at least in Spain, there are already complaints of this nature and they have begun to be prosecuted in extreme cases. Consent is key both inside and outside, and remember that NO is NO. No one likes receiving a photo of genitals without being expecting it.
