In the latest Google Internet Search update, the company has announced that it will remove sexually explicit images of people that have been posted without their consent and users will be able to complaint about such images through an online form.

According to NDTV, search engine giant Google has confirmed that it will be removing search engine results pertaining to revenge porn, which previously displayed sexually explicit images. The internet company also confirmed that it will soon be uploading online forms, where users will be able to complaint about such images. Once Google receives the complaint, it will remove the image from its search engine results.

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In a blog post, Google search engine Vice President Amit Singhal said that the decision was taken after they received repeated complaints about troubling stories in this regard. Most of these stories revolve around ex-partners seeking revenge by posting sexually explicit images of the person they were once involved with, which in return leads to humiliation.

There have also been extreme cases when the images have ended up on certain sextortion websites where the users have to pay through their noses to get the image removed. Google was previously allowing images because of its belief that a search should reveal all the results available on the web.

In an official statement issued on the company's blog, Google said that the sexually explicit images posted under the category of revenge porn are emotionally damaging, and therefore, will be removed from the regular search engine results. This will be applicable to images put up without the consent of the person being photographed.

Another report on Brisbane Times says that Google's decision to remove the revenge porn images from its search engine listings is similar to the company's policy of avoiding bank-account numbers and signatures to minimize the threat of hackers stealing information.

This blocking policy is expected to provide some respite to the victims of revenge porn, though Google will not be able to do anything about images available on the individual websites.

Even Twitter and Reddit have reportedly adopted similar policies with regards to the display of sexually explicit images. 

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