Google is going to images and videos of child pornography to be more active to fend off from its search results, after pressure from the British government. The results of more than 100,000 search terms will be filtered; a part of those search terms is in addition a warning is given.
Found images and videos are from more than 100,000 search results are excluded, where the company’s software used to elsewhere published versions of the same photos and videos as well to fend off. In his letter of thanks Schmidt Microsoft for sharing its PhotoDNA technology, which allows copies of photos can be recognized on the basis of a fingerprint. In addition, Google has similar software developed for video, with the name of VideoID. By the use of that software can child pornography be more effectively prevented.
At of 13,000 search terms that are directly on child pornography-related, is also a warning that the user is to be prohibited content to the search is, which is where professional help can be found. The adjustments will be first in English-Speaking countries are introduced, but are then available in 158 languages, promises Google.
The search giant blocked all longer individual links to forbidden information, but the active filtering of search results for a long time was undesirable to be considered by the company, because the neutrality of the search engine in question. Now the British prime minister David Cameorn with legislation threatened to take Google yet action.
In a reaction against the Daily Mail say Cameron that the legislation there will still come if the changes of Google and Microsoft not good enough to work. Itself would he prefer to see that on some search terms no search results come up, if it is clear that the user to child pornography searches. “That is not a limitation of the freedom of speech, but responsibility”, said the British prime minister.