back to article Microsoft joins attack on 'non-consensual pornography'

Microsoft has joined the online drive against so-called "revenge porn" in which people's naked or otherwise embarrassing/erotic pictures are posted widely online. In June, The Chocolate Factory announced an initiative to let individuals report images and videos for removal. Microsoft's now done likewise, with chief online …

  1. Charles Manning

    Bing???

    Pretty sad if you worry about showing up on Bing.

    1. LaeMing

      On the contrary.

      Having any pic of me show up on Bing would be shameful, irrespective of my state of undress.

      1. Charles Manning

        Re: On the contrary.

        Well at least it should not take any effort from Microsoft.

        The rumour is that their spider/crawler/bot is just a bloke in a room typing urls into spider.txt.

        All they need to do is not type your name in. Job done.

        1. dogged

          aww

          Are you guys all sore that your pr0n will be harder to find?

  2. Michael Wojcik Silver badge

    That definition needs tightening

    so-called "revenge porn" in which people's naked or otherwise embarrassing/erotic pictures are posted widely online

    Er, that's just porn at most, and in some cases just pictures. The key here is posted against their wishes. And we can strike "widely", too; in some cases harm might be tied to the extent of dissemination, but not in all. Emailing a sensitive image to a single recipient could cause someone a lot of grief. Emailing an image to the victim him- or herself could cause harm in many cases (for example, as an implied threat, or evidence of compromise).

  3. Voland's right hand Silver badge

    Ughh... Yuck

    That is the worst photoshop job I have seen in a while. Almost as bad as Jeb Bush having a black hand. That is definitely posted against the wishes of anyone caring at least a little bit about photography. Can we classify it as a revenge on photographers' p0rn too?

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