Abstract: Non-consensual intimate media (NCIM) refers to sexual, intimate content that is shared without consent. NCIM, which includes AI-generated deepfakes and “revenge porn”, is shared widely online, violating people’s right to privacy, autonomy, and dignity. NCIM is enabled by three enduring characteristics: 1) rights to freedom of expression; 2) an Internet that was designed to be free and open; 3) long-standing gender inequalities. We introduce the metaphor of the sociotechnical stack – a conceptual framework that maps the technical stack to its corresponding social impacts – to combat NCIM.
Our work targets two points of intervention: deterring non-consensual posting before it happens and taking it down after it’s posted. On the deterrence side, we developed and evaluated Hands-Off, an application which uses computer vision to deter screenshotting. Hands-Off requires recipients of an image to perform a hand gesture in the air, above their phone, to view the image – making simultaneous screenshotting difficult. On the takedown side, we evaluated the efficacy of takedown requests sent by victims or their representatives to technology companies. I will discuss opportunities for combatting NCIM across the sociotechnical stack, and the challenges in aligning divergent technical, social, and societal constraints.
Bio: Sarita Schoenebeck is a Professor in the School of Information at the University of Michigan. Her research examines social and technical approaches to creating safer and more equitable experiences online. She is the recipient of the NSF CAREER award, Best Paper and Honorable Mention awards at CHI and CSCW, and ACM CSCW and UMSI Service awards. Her research has been covered in The New York Times, The Washington Post, NPR, and elsewhere. She has taught at Michigan and Yale Law Schools and is a Fellow at the Center for Democracy and Technology. Sarita received her PhD in Human-Centered Computing from Georgia Tech.
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