Lantern
A cross-platform child safety collaboration initiative led by organizations including Thorn. It enables technology companies to share threat intelligence through a standardized signal-sharing protocol while preserving user privacy, with the goal of collectively combating online child sexual exploitation and abuse.
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TikTok's U.S. business officially joined Lantern, a cross-platform child safety initiative.
Lantern is a cross-platform collaboration project aimed at combating online child sexual exploitation and abuse (CSEA), which identifies and blocks harm targeting minors by enabling participating tech companies to securely share signals and intelligence.
The Lantern program is jointly promoted by Thorn (Technology to Combat Child Sexual Exploitation) and other industry partners.
The Lantern program currently has multiple mainstream platforms participating, including Snapchat, Discord, and Twitch.
The technical core of Lantern is a standardized signal-sharing protocol through which platforms can synchronize technical signals such as hash values and account characteristics to other member platforms for comparison and interception in a privacy-preserving manner, avoiding the direct transfer of raw user data.
TikTok joined the Lantern program eight months after its U.S. joint venture was established.
Cross-platform intelligence sharing has a network effect: with each additional important participant, the protective efficacy of the entire network for all members improves.
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The Lantern program currently has multiple mainstream platforms participating, including Snapchat, Discord, and Twitch.
50%UnverifiedLantern is a cross-platform collaboration project aimed at combating online child sexual exploitation and abuse (CSEA), which identifies and blocks harm targeting minors by enabling participating tech companies to securely share signals and intelligence.
50%UnverifiedThe Lantern program is jointly promoted by Thorn (Technology to Combat Child Sexual Exploitation) and other industry partners.
50%UnverifiedCross-platform intelligence sharing has a network effect: with each additional important participant, the protective efficacy of the entire network for all members improves.
50%UnverifiedThe technical core of Lantern is a standardized signal-sharing protocol through which platforms can synchronize technical signals such as hash values and account characteristics to other member platforms for comparison and interception in a privacy-preserving manner, avoiding the direct transfer of raw user data.
50%UnverifiedTikTok joined the Lantern program eight months after its U.S. joint venture was established.
50%UnverifiedTikTok's U.S. business officially joined Lantern, a cross-platform child safety initiative.
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