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1. Is searching for your own images (of you as a child) ethical and legal? Yes, searching for images of yourself should be ethical and legal. Because they are your images, you have a right to view them. Using the images may cause an issue, depending on who owns the photos or if there is a copyright/trademark on them. However, simply searching and viewing the images should be ethical and legal. People should be aware of what images or information of them is publicly available. 2. Should searching for kids’ images in social media posts be allowed? No, I don't believe searching for kids' images in social media posts should be allowed. A lot of social media platforms have a minimum age to sign up because kids under a certain age should not be exposed to social media. In the same light, kids' photos should not be allowed to be searched because this could cause privacy issues for the kids and they are not old enough to deal with the consequences. Kids are very influential, and the tools to search for children online can be used to influence kids in several ways. The data collected on children can be used for targeted advertising, recommending content on apps and many other things. This would allow specific companies to pry on children and use the information for their own benefit. 3. If kids have been photographed in a group environment (sports team, class photo, etc.) and the photograph has been posted on the organization’s web page without parental consent, should the organization be forced to remove the photograph? Parents have a right to control whether their children are being shown publicly. Yes, the organization should remove the photograph, if explicitly asked by the kid or the parents. It is not the organizations right to impose on privacy simply because the kid is part of a larger group. If the organization does not remove the photo, the privacy of the child is no longer in the parents hands and this should be unethical. 4. Is it ethical to use current AI-driven image search engines, even though bias has been shown in the training sets (e.g, females, skin colour)? I don't believe it's ethical to use AI driven image search engines because we do not fully understand what is being fed to the AI to show the results that we receive. In addition, there could be a bias which replicates a specific representation of a group. These biases could lead to unforeseen results and depending on the goal of the image search, the result could certainly be impacted. There can also be privacy issues where individuals’ personal information is released without consent. There can be a lot of issues with this, because it is not clear what websites/content AI is able to view for this image search and it can cause problems with copyright/trademarks. 5. PimEyes reports that it does not search social media, but only returns results found on the public internet. Does that make it more “ethical?”
No, it does not. The photos that are publicly available on the internet still belong to certain people or groups and cannot be used by anyone. There is no difference in searching social media compared to the public internet. There can still be a privacy issues on an image, even if it is available publicly. There can be cases where an individual’s photo is used on a website without their approval, this would mean that PimEyes would be able to access this photo against the individuals wishes. There can also be publicly available photos that individuals may want to hide, but due to the photos being on third party websites, they are still available on the internet. This would still cause ethical issues even if the photos are not on a social media site. 6. Do you believe that PimEyes is correct when the company states “PimEyes just provides a tool, and the user is obliged to use the tool with responsibility?” No, by providing the service, the company is also responsible for what the service allows the user to do. The company has a responsibility to provide a service that does not negatively impact the individuals who have not explicitly decided to partake in this service. If the service is capable of negatively impacting others, both the user and the service provider are responsible for this impact. Though the company may not intend for the users to use their service irresponsibly it is their job to deter the users from actions that they do not support. Because this technology is so new, it is possible that the company is trying to understand the negative ways the service can be used and has a plan to disincentivize certain actions. There are many tools and services available that are intended for good purposes, but individuals find ways to abuse them for their own gain. The company holds a responsibility to minimize the damage and maximize the good that can be done with their service. 7. Should the RCMP be allowed to use image search engines when checking for alleged child trafficking? No, I don’t believe the RCMP should use image search engines even when checking for alleged child trafficking cases. This is because there are many innocent people who have a right to privacy, and this right would be taken away if image search engines were allowed to be used for cases. I do believe that there is a middle ground that can be found, where these tools can be used for cases such as this, but the technology and laws must advance and find a way to allow individuals to keep their privacy. Currently the technology faces many issues and there are questions about accuracy. This can lead to the wrong person being targeted for a crime. “A study from the Georgetown Law Center on Privacy and Technology released Thursday looked at how police are using flawed data to run facial recognition searches, despite years of studies showing these matches aren't reliable.” - https://www.cnet.com/news/politics/police-are- using-flawed-data-in-facial-recognition-searches-study-finds/
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