COPA notesGio WiederholdComputer Science Dept. and Medicine, Stanford Universitywww-db.stanford.edu/people/gio.htmlTechnology demohttp://jxw.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/zwang/wipe2_show.cgiAugust 2000The purpose of the Child Online Protection Act is to prohibit online sites from knowingly making available to minors material that is "harmful to minors" (sexually explicit material meeting definitions set forth in the Act). Commercial providers of "harmful to minors" material may defend themselves against prosecution by restricting the access of minors to such material.

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COPA notesGio WiederholdComputer Science Dept. and Medicine, Stanford Universitywww-db.stanford.edu/people/gio.htmlTechnology demohttp://jxw.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/zwang/wipe2_show.cgiAugust 2000The purpose of the Child Online Protection Act is to prohibit online sites from knowingly making available to minors material that is "harmful to minors" (sexually explicit material meeting definitions set forth in the Act). Commercial providers of "harmful to minors" material may defend themselves against prosecution by restricting the access of minors to such material.

Dealing with the system chain

Components

System issues

WIPE Examples of benign images classified as objectionable

WIPE,Failures to categorize offending pictures correctly(WIPE learns using images from offensive sites)

Problems

Finding some bad in much good is hard

PPT Slide

Bio