Google users can now ask to have their explicit photos removed from search results

Google on Thursday rolled out a new policy that allows people to request that their personal, sexually explicit photos be removed from its search results.

Google on Thursday rolled out a new policy that allows people to request that their personal, sexually explicit photos be removed from its search results.

The new feature is one of three updates that Google says are meant to give users more control over content about themselves that is available through its popular search engine.

“It’s just one of the many things we’re trying to do to help people feel control of their online experience,” said Danny Sullivan, Google’s public liaison for search. 

One exception to the removal policy is if the user is actively commercializing their explicit images, Sullivan said.  

Google previously allowed people to request the removal of explicit images that were shared without their consent.