Google To Exclude Revenge Porn From Search outcomes

Google will soon begin pulling revenge porn from its search results, on a per-request basis. In a weblog put up, Google Search senior vice chairman Amit Singhal wrote that the hunt large will honor requests to take down nude or sexually explicit photography posted with out a individual’s consent:

“Our philosophy has at all times been that Search will have to mirror the whole web. however revenge porn images are intensely non-public and emotionally harmful, and serve most effective to degrade the victims—predominantly ladies. So going forward, we’ll honor requests from folks to remove nude or sexually explicit pictures shared without their consent from Google Search results. this is a slender and restricted coverage, just like how we treat removal requests for other extremely sensitive personal information, akin to bank account numbers and signatures, that can surface in our search results.”

Revenge porn—express pictures posted on-line with out consent with the aid of ex-partners or harassers—has turn out to be an rising problem for large internet corporations. facebook similarly redefined its policies on banning content material this previous March to incorporate revenge porn.

Google will publish a type in its weblog put up in the coming weeks, by which customers can request the removing of revenge porn photography.

[by way of Engadget]