A cloud-based service that will enable law enforcement in the UK to quickly compare seized child abuse content against an international database is to launch in the next six months. The ultimate goal is to help authorities quickly identify the most recent material, to help save victims depicted in that content.
According to the body coordinating the effort, the International Centre for Missing and Exploited Children, the renewed focus on tracking victims rather than abusers has led to 80 children being rescued in the past 18 months.
The system is part of Project Vic, an international collaboration that began with Homeland Security and federal law enforcement divisions in the US, and now includes Interpol and forces in the UK, New Zealand, Canada, Australia and more. Data analytics software from NetClean and Hubstream has been integral to the project's growth, along with Microsoft's PhotoDNA.
http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2014-03/24/tracking-child-abuse-content
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