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Automated Recognition Research to Prevent Child Exploitation

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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T), Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), Cyber Crimes Center (C3), Child Exploitation Investigations Unit are designing, developing, testing, and integrating new face recognition algorithms that will allow agents to sift through massive amounts of digital data much faster and efficiently than current manual processes. (DHS Video by Science & Technology Directorate/Released)