Criminals interacting with a ground-breaking chatbot on Pornhub could be deterred from attempting to search for sex abuse images of children, which do not exist on the platform.
Pornhub, the biggest free platform for adult content, has adopted the chatbot to alert and detect users that attempt to find these types of images.
The tool is designed to make the user consider the consequences of their actions and what digital footprint they could be leaving on the site, even though this illegal content is prohibited on Pornhub. Searches will not yield results.
Research by the University of Tasmania supports the idea that many people will be put off from completing harmful searches after seeing a warning message. Pornhub, the biggest free platform for adult content, has adopted the chatbot to alert and detect users that attempt to find these types of images.
Chatbots are a digital customer service tool used on many websites to enable a customer to get instant assistance from a bot rather than limited human resources. Pornhub’s chatbot is deployed to engage with users that attempt this illegal activity online. The static warning page signposts users to stop searches and even contact support channels.
The independent review found there was a decrease in the number of searches for sexual images of children on Pornhub in the UK during the time the chatbot was deployed.
In addition, the vast majority of users (82%) whose searches triggered a warning did not appear to search again for sexual abuse images of children.
