Google and Microsoft
block image searches with child abuse content
The Google logo at the offices of the company in New York. (Andrew Gombert / EFE)
American multinational Internet services Google and Microsoft blocked until 100,000 terms commonly used to search images online child abuse reports Monday The Daily Mail .
In a newspaper article, Google CEO Eric Schmidt confirmed that a dedicated team of 200 people has introduced new algorithms in the search engines to ensure that by introducing such terms key results are not obtained.
“These changes have been cleaning results for some 100,000 requests search that can be related to child sexual abuse,” says Schmidt.
responsible anticipates that, after being tested in the UK, the locking system will spread to other English-speaking countries and in the next six months, will result in another 158 languages.
class=”imp”> Google and Microsoft monopolize 95% of the Internet search traffic Microsoft, which operates Yahoo and Bing, also has outcome-locked in their search engines. Meanwhile, about 13,000 terms related to child sexual abuse throw warnings about the illegality of the activity and provide users contact support centers.
Speaking to the British Prime Minister, David Cameron, described as “significant progress” measure taken by Google and Microsoft, which first had refused to censor content – and recalled that if these companies “breached its commitments,” introduce legislation to force.
Last July, Cameron asked the two U.S. giants that monopolize 95% of the Internet search traffic , to redouble their efforts to prevent child pornography and will make sure to invalidate the terms “unequivocally” designed to produce images of minors and unlawful.
is expected that representatives of Google and Microsoft, as well as other Internet companies , meet Monday with Cameron in Downing Street to discuss the issue at the Summit called Internet security .
organizations child protection have warned, however, that most child abuse images not obtained through searches by Internet but are in hidden networks of pedophiles.
In this sense, Google and Microsoft have agreed to collaborate with the National Agency for British crime identify networks that contain that type of illicit images .
This agency has also announced that work with the American FBI to dismantle pedophile rings that communicate with each other and exchange material through encrypted codes.
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