Kids security on social networks by face blur technique

Abstract

This article deals with increasing security and children protection under the age of 16 (underage) on social networks with photo content such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and similar. Particularly, the emphasis is placed on the official sites of public institutions on Facebook, such as kindergartens, primary and secondary schools, and all institutions dealing with children. One of the source key issues is the ability to track these public pages by malicious visitors. The main point is the developed algorithm that analyzes any photo, recognizes kid(s), and blurs it during the upload photo onto the page of the social network. The complete procedure for processing is shown and performed testing, verification, and validation.