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Facebook is fighting back against revenge porn the social network announced it would be ramping up its efforts to protect victims of revenge porn by introducing new tools the technology uses photo matching to scan and spot intimate images that have already been reported and removed in addition the user attempting to upload or share the image will be warned the picture violates its policies also come on people don't go around posting your ex's dirty pictures from snapchat that's just rude the tool is announced just days after actress Mischa Barton held a press conference to discuss her legal fight against an ex she claims recorded a sex tape without her consent facebook says the photo matching service will work across its social media sites so anything reported on Facebook would hypothetically get flagged on Instagram and Messenger company head of global safety Antigone Davis explained why Facebook created these new policies and tools in an official post stating quote these tools developed in partnership with safety experts are one example of the potential technology has to help keep people safe Facebook is in a unique position to prevent harm one of our five areas of focus as we help build a global community unquote the company spent months consulting with security experts and organizations around the world and it also seems pretty confident it can protect its users from such sensitive crimes at least on its own websites for more information check out cnet.com I'm Ashley sceva be good humans