
China develops porn-detection helmet that reads brain waves for censorship purposes
Pornography has been illegal in China for over 70 years By Rob Thubron WTF?! China, always at the forefront of Orwellian surveillance technology, has created a device that detects when someone is watching pornography, a pastime that has been illegal in the country since 1949. As reported by the SCMP (via Hackaday), China uses a combination of AI bots and human appraisers, called Jian Huang shi, most of whom are women, to search the web for images and decide if they contain explicit content deemed illegal. But tiredness and overexposure mean even these safeguards don’t stop every bit of x-rated material from slipping through the cracks. … Continue reading China develops porn-detection helmet that reads brain waves for censorship purposes