Google has made an announcement that will have some implications for some blogs and readers of sites that use Blogger. As of March 23 of this year, Google will no longer allow Blogger users to share images or video that are sexually explicit or show graphic nudity. That means all the porn blogs that currently use Blogger will have to go somewhere else.
Rather than simply deleting the blogs using Blogger that have explicit material, Google will make those blogs private so the images and video won’t be found in public searches. Private content is only viewable by the owner of the site, admins, and users the blog shares pages with.
That means the move won’t exactly block porn via Blogger, it will just make it harder to find. Google has said that Blogger will still allow images with nudity if the “content offers a substantial public benefit, for example in artistic, educational, documentary, or scientific contexts.” Owners of blogs that may be affected have received letters from Google. To prevent Google from making the blogs private users of affected blogs can remove them altogether or remove the images and video.
via Business Insider
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