Vice
@VICE·19.1M subscribers·4.4K videos
Catching Pedophiles Using AI | Super Users
Posted
January 23, 2022
Views
1,712,924
Likes
37,063
Comments
3,521
Engagement
2.37%
January 23, 2022
1,712,924
37,063
3,521
2.37%
Every word spoken in this episode is indexed. Type any phrase to jump straight to the moment it was said.
Type any word or phrase that may have been spoken. Click a result to seek the player to that exact moment.
Try a name, a topic, or a quoted line
7:34Now PlayingSue Black has dedicated her life to catching child sex abusers.
The crime itself is unusual, as perpetrators will often record themselves in the act. Generally, they don't show their faces, but sometimes abusers' hands are visible. And, as it turns out, vein patterns in people's hands and forearms are pretty unique.
Through a project called H-Unique, Sue and her team at Lancaster University are asking the public to send photos of their hands. With the public's help, they want to enable AI to catch child sex abusers across the world in a fraction of the time it takes right now.
In the fight against some of the world’s most horrendous crimes Sue explains that although DNA has often been the gold standard, hands may hold the key to catching sex abusers.
In our series Super Users, VICE World News explores the latest technology being used to fight crime, trafficking, climate change and social injustice.
To make a Hunique contribution, visit their website here
Check out the VICE World News playlist for global reporting you won't find elsewhere
Watch more from this series:
I Hunt Down Internet Trolls
“I Left Anonymous. Now I'm Back”
The Man Unmasking Deepfake Videos
Click here to subscribe to VICE
About VICE:
The Definitive Guide To Enlightening Information. From every corner of the planet, our immersive, caustic, ground-breaking and often bizarre stories have changed the way people think about culture, crime, art, parties, fashion, protest, the internet and other subjects that don't even have names yet. Browse the growing library and discover corners of the world you never knew existed. Welcome to VICE.
Connect with VICE:
Check out our full video catalog
Videos, daily editorial and more
More videos from the VICE network
Click here to get the best of VICE daily
Like VICE on Facebook
Follow VICE on Twitter
Follow us on Instagram
The VICE YouTube Network:
Motherboard
VICE Sports
Sentinel Indexing in Progress
Metadata and chapters are available. Claim extraction for this episode is pending.
All video content is delivered via YouTube embedded players in accordance with the YouTube Terms of Service. Sentinel provides research tools that promote discovery and accountability across political media.
