Google continues to expand its commitment against abuse, in order to make the web a better and cleaner.
The internet giant, in fact, announced that it intends to exclude the so-called “ Revenge Porn ” from the search results, to limit the spread of photos and video of unauthorized They are usually released as revenge against former girlfriends or boyfriends without the consent of the subject. Amit Singhal , vice president of Google , announced on the official blog search engine change. Users will be able to signal through a specialized module i Revenge Porn to ask Big G to remove them and obscuring them: through what the images will no longer be included in search results, but of course will remain online in As Google is not able to completely eliminate them from the internet.
Singhal says delete links on the research will help to limit the damage that affect mainly women.
The decision is very important and marks a break with the past, since Google has always declared its opposition to any form of censorship, but in this case has chosen to make a ‘exception because it is a violation of privacy important. “ The images of Revenge Porn category are personal and emotionally harmful, and only serve to denigrate the victims, mostly women ” he says Singhal in the press release.
In twenty US states have enacted laws prohibiting the publication of these images, but by the end of the year should be presented to Congress a federal ban. Twitter , Facebook and Reddit have long prohibited the dissemination of these photographs.
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