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Google to remove revenge porn from its search results on request

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In an effort to curb revenge porn, Google has announced that it will honour requests from people to remove from its search results nude or sexually explicit images that have been shared on the Internet without their consent.

“Our philosophy has always been that Search should reflect the whole web. But revenge porn images are intensely personal and emotionally damaging, and serve only to degrade the victims—predominantly women,” the search giant said in a blog post, adding that it will soon put up a web form that revenge porn victims can use to submit their requests to the company.

It’s worth mentioning that back in February this year, Google announced that it is banning sexually explicit content on Blogger, but promptly reversed its stance after facing backlash on the decision.

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