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Technology platforms have become the primary vector through which predators and traffickers exploit victims, and the scope of the problem of child exploitation online is almost unfathomable.
A recent panel discussion at The Catholic University of America focused on the ways that “Big Tech” — from social media to artificial intelligence (AI) — is facilitating the exploitation of people globally due to business models that prioritize engagement and profit over user safety.
The Nov. 14 panel, sponsored by the Libertas Council, an anti-sex-trafficking leadership group, warned that AI is enabling new and escalating forms of forced labor — from psychologically damaging AI data-labeling farms where workers toil under poor conditions training machine learning models, to massive online scam compoundsin Southeast Asia that generate tens of billions of dollars annually by forcing victims to defraud others.
In addition, the panelists said, burgeoning technologies such as AI chatbots and virtual reality present serious new challenges in the quest to keep young people safe online — all within an environment where Big Tech has the means to resist almost all forms of government regulation.
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A recent panel discussion at The Catholic University of America focused on the ways that “Big Tech” — from social media to artificial intelligence (AI) — is facilitating the exploitation of people globally due to business models that prioritize engagement and profit over user safety.
The Nov. 14 panel, sponsored by the Libertas Council, an anti-sex-trafficking leadership group, warned that AI is enabling new and escalating forms of forced labor — from psychologically damaging AI data-labeling farms where workers toil under poor conditions training machine learning models, to massive online scam compoundsin Southeast Asia that generate tens of billions of dollars annually by forcing victims to defraud others.
In addition, the panelists said, burgeoning technologies such as AI chatbots and virtual reality present serious new challenges in the quest to keep young people safe online — all within an environment where Big Tech has the means to resist almost all forms of government regulation.
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AI and Exploitation: Experts Warn Big Tech Fuels Global Human Trafficking
Technology platforms have become the primary vector through which predators and traffickers exploit victims, and the scope of the problem of child exploitation online is almost unfathomable.
