Naver Jet Co., Ltd. announced that it had joined the ‘Tech Coalition’, a global tech company alliance aimed at eradicating online sexual exploitation of children and teenagers.
Through this, we plan to secure safer usability on ZEPETO, a platform visited and communicated by more than 320 million people around the world, and contribute to solving the problems that online platforms commonly face.
Through this membership, Naver Jet will collaborate more closely with global IT companies and, in particular, introduce new technologies for detecting and preventing sexual exploitation of children and adolescents to build an environment where children and adolescents can use ZEPETO more safely. Is expected.
The Tech Coalition is a global corporate alliance aimed at eradicating sexual exploitation of children and adolescents in the online environment, and about 27 global IT companies, including Google, Amazon, Microsoft, and Meta, are members.
Naver Jet has made various efforts, including strengthening child and youth protection policies and signing partnerships with global online safety professional organizations. In particular, in December of last year, the company made a more earnest move by establishing a trust and safety team in the United States comprised of global experts.
First, AI-based pornography detection technology was introduced, and sexual exploitation detection technology such as profanity filtering and grooming was applied. In addition, filtering technology for harmful content that violated platform guidelines was introduced to prevent content from being identified in search results.
Improvements were also made from a service perspective. A reporting function is installed on each screen of the ZEPETO app so that you can immediately report inappropriate accounts, content, comments, and items. In addition, through ‘Settings’, you can individually select the targets who can view the content you have uploaded and ▲ The reception range for one-to-one conversation requests can also be set through various options.
Dae-wook Kim, CEO of Naver Jet, said, “Zepetto is a platform where anyone can realize their dreams without boundaries and communicate freely with others,” adding, “By joining Tech Coalition, we are creating a global platform to build a safer platform environment.” “We will continue to cooperate with companies in all aspects and provide full support so that we can contribute to the overall IT industry.”
Tech Coalition Chairman Sean Litton said, “We were able to confirm Naver Jet’s strong will to protect children and teenagers who use ZEPETO,” and added, “We are thinking together to build safe usability, which is a common concern among online platform companies. “We will work hard to create a solution,” he said.
Source: Pangyo Techno Valley Official Newsroom
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