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Visits to web 2.0-style websites have spiked 668% in two years. Visits to sites using User-Generated Content account for 12% US internet activity. (Source: HitWise Data 2007)
User Generated Sites
The trend of generating and distributing information online has lead to a boom in User-Generated content websites. Of these, managing video files has proved to be a headache, often requiring each file to be scrutinised, manually. This is expensive, time-consuming and tedious work.
Catergorise Media, Frame-By-Frame Analysis
VideoScanner provides technology partners with video management capabilities. Frame-by-frame analysis can identify pornographic content and offending media categorised into suitable and unsuitable content. the software is a practical solution for the essential maintenance and supervision of content. This unique analysis can effortlessly detect illicit data, adult material or copyright infringement.
By 2010, more than half of all video content consumed online in the US will be user-generated, representing 44 billion video streams – (Source: NetImperative)
Verify Advertising Space to Safeguard Reputations
The popularity of UGC websites has rapidly increasing and site visitors remain online for up to an hour per visit. However advertisers are often deterred from such fertile ground due to the risk of inappropriate content found on such sites. These sites often rely on self-regulation, which is open to interpretation and an unreliable method of controlling content.
Cyber Bullying in Social Networking
- Setting up profiles on social networking sites to bully someone
- Threatening or upsetting emails, sent directly to a single target, or to a group of people incite further bullying. ‘Hate mails’ can include racism, sexism and other types of prejudice.
- Abuse of personal information - personal photos, emails or blog postings pretending to be the victim.
One in five schoolchildren in the UK had been the victim of some form of online and mobile abuse (Source: The Anti-Bullying Alliance)
Locate copyrighted, Pornographic and Illegal Content
Harvester Software scans servers and web sites, as well as hidden links to associated web sites, and retrieves all scanned files. Harvester is highly effective for use in detecting both copyright content and pornographic and inappropriate content. It is ideally suited as a management tool for Social Networking web sites and other community sites hosting large volumes of content to protect end users, brands and advertisers.