Microsoft representative (Tim Cranston / legal/tech contact)
Former Microsoft legal/technology representative involved in early efforts to tackle online child sexual abuse imagery and who coordinated with academics and nonprofits to deploy PhotoDNA.
Best podcasts with Microsoft representative (Tim Cranston / legal/tech contact)
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May 27, 2025 • 40min
Ep 2: The Solution
Leanna McDonald, director at the Canadian Center for Child Protection who leads Project Arachnid. Tim Cranston, former Microsoft legal/tech contact who coordinated early PhotoDNA work. Hany, the academic inventor of PhotoDNA. They discuss how PhotoDNA was built and deployed quickly, why known-image matching matters, the scale of the global problem, and why the job remains unfinished.
