Google Update Makes It Easier for People to Remove Explicit Photos of Themselves From Search Results
Google on Thursday introduced a new feature that allows people to request that their personal explicit photos be removed from its search results.
People already have the ability to remove non-consensual explicit images of themselves from Google Search, but the tech giant is updating this feature to allow them to remove any of their explicit images, including those shared with consent at the time.
Prior to the update, if someone posted an explicit personal photo on their own website and later deleted it, that image could still appear on Google Search results if someone else published that photo on another site without approval. Now, someone can request to remove that image as well. The process people must go through to have those images removed is also going to be simplified.
The change “doesn’t apply to content you are currently commercializing,” Google notes.
