Dominatrix turns tech founder to combat revenge porn
Summary
Madelaine Thomas, once a dominatrix, founded a tech company called Image Angel to fight against revenge porn. Her company uses invisible watermarks to trace unauthorized sharing of intimate images online. The technology helps identify those who illegally share these images, allowing for legal action to be taken.Key Facts
- Madelaine Thomas started Image Angel to combat unauthorized sharing of intimate images, known as revenge porn.
- Her company uses invisible forensic watermarking to track who shares images without consent.
- Revenge porn is considered a crime, with offenders facing up to two years in prison.
- Thomas' company has won awards, including the Innovation in Tech Safety award at Refuge's Tech Safety Summit.
- Approximately 1.42% of women in the UK are affected by intimate image abuse each year, according to the Revenge Porn Helpline.
- Image Angel technology can be used on various online platforms like dating apps and social media.
- The watermark in the images can survive edits, screenshots, and being photographed, preserving information on who accessed the images.
- So far, one online platform has adopted this technology to secure images shared on its site.
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