The Redmond company now offers a form of revenge porn victims to simplify their content removal requests. After Google, Twitter an Red...
The Redmond company now offers a form of revenge porn victims to simplify their content removal requests.
After Google, Twitter an Reddit, it's Microsoft's turn to announce that the Group will take steps to curb the phenomenon of revenge porn, helping victims to withdraw from the Web images Sexually released of them without their consent.
The Redmond firm says it will remove links to these photos or videos of search results in Bing and remove access to images if shared onedrive or on Xbox Live.
"When someone shares intimate images of another person online without that person’s consent, the effects can be truly devastating" said Jacqueline Beauchere, responsible for online safety at Microsoft, on blogs group.
Aware that such an event can have serious consequences on the lives of victims, Microsoft has set up a new page to report such incidents and to make the process simpler. For the moment this page is only available in English but will be "translated into other languages in the coming weeks."
"Clearly, this reporting mechanism is but one small step in a growing and much-needed effort across the public and private sectors to address the problem" added the manager, adding that Microsoft will continue to work with industry leaders and experts on this subject in the hope that his efforts will help "to push just a little further in the fight against this despicable practice".
After Google, Twitter an Reddit, it's Microsoft's turn to announce that the Group will take steps to curb the phenomenon of revenge porn, helping victims to withdraw from the Web images Sexually released of them without their consent.
The Redmond firm says it will remove links to these photos or videos of search results in Bing and remove access to images if shared onedrive or on Xbox Live.
"When someone shares intimate images of another person online without that person’s consent, the effects can be truly devastating" said Jacqueline Beauchere, responsible for online safety at Microsoft, on blogs group.
Aware that such an event can have serious consequences on the lives of victims, Microsoft has set up a new page to report such incidents and to make the process simpler. For the moment this page is only available in English but will be "translated into other languages in the coming weeks."
"Clearly, this reporting mechanism is but one small step in a growing and much-needed effort across the public and private sectors to address the problem" added the manager, adding that Microsoft will continue to work with industry leaders and experts on this subject in the hope that his efforts will help "to push just a little further in the fight against this despicable practice".
