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AI-Assisted Child Exploitation Investigation Search Tool

Accountable

Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)

Functional Modes

Sensing (Perceptive AI)

Human decides

Purpose

Enforcement

Input Dataset

Sensitive personal information Identifiable data

Algorithm or Model

Computer Vision

Output Dataset

A recommendation or prediction Identifiable data

Details

Spotlight is used by Royal Canadian Mounted Police investigators to help locate and identify children who may be victims of trafficking and sexual exploitation by searching publicly available online content. It uses image recognition and advanced text search to surface relevant material from open internet sources. Facial recognition is included in the platform but has been disabled for RCMP users by the vendor. This system involves personal information and its use of AI has been disclosed.