The high-tech giant will withdraw its search results page images of people naked or sexually explicit, when these so require. A new pl...
The high-tech giant will withdraw its search results page images of people naked or sexually explicit, when these so require.
A new plague spreads on the Web: the (revenge porn), that is to say the distribution of sexual images without the consent of those photographed or filmed, and often maliciously . The US Internet giant Google said Friday it had taken steps to tackle this phenomenon. "We’ve heard many troubling stories of “revenge porn”: an ex-partner seeking to publicly humiliate a person by posting private images of them" explains one of the bosses of Google search, Amit Singhal, on a blog post.
Also "hackers stealing and distributing images from victims’ accounts" he continues, describing both of which are growing and whose Google search page is to become a fact relays. "Some images even end up on “sextortion” sites that force people to pay to have their images removed" he relates.
Google has decided to withdraw from its search results page images of nude or sexually explicit persons, when the latter so require. A form will be available in a few weeks to complete this process.
A similar policy is applied by the group concerning the dissemination of certain sensitive data such as bank account numbers or signatures. "Our philosophy has always been that Search should reflect the whole web. But revenge porn (...) and serve only to degrade the victims—predominantly women"said Amit Singhal. Remove search engine pictures "won’t solve the problem of revenge porn" he tempers.
"Of course, to remove these images from the websites themselves—but we hope that honoring people’s requests to remove such imagery from our search results can help "
Social networks like Twitter and Reddit apply a similar policy prohibiting explicit images published without the consent of those involved.
A new plague spreads on the Web: the (revenge porn), that is to say the distribution of sexual images without the consent of those photographed or filmed, and often maliciously . The US Internet giant Google said Friday it had taken steps to tackle this phenomenon. "We’ve heard many troubling stories of “revenge porn”: an ex-partner seeking to publicly humiliate a person by posting private images of them" explains one of the bosses of Google search, Amit Singhal, on a blog post.
Also "hackers stealing and distributing images from victims’ accounts" he continues, describing both of which are growing and whose Google search page is to become a fact relays. "Some images even end up on “sextortion” sites that force people to pay to have their images removed" he relates.
Google has decided to withdraw from its search results page images of nude or sexually explicit persons, when the latter so require. A form will be available in a few weeks to complete this process.
A similar policy is applied by the group concerning the dissemination of certain sensitive data such as bank account numbers or signatures. "Our philosophy has always been that Search should reflect the whole web. But revenge porn (...) and serve only to degrade the victims—predominantly women"said Amit Singhal. Remove search engine pictures "won’t solve the problem of revenge porn" he tempers.
"Of course, to remove these images from the websites themselves—but we hope that honoring people’s requests to remove such imagery from our search results can help "
Social networks like Twitter and Reddit apply a similar policy prohibiting explicit images published without the consent of those involved.
