Microsoft follows Google to crack down on revenge porn

Microsoft will make it easier for people to request the removal of links to intimate images or videos from the company’s Bing search engine if such content was posted online without their consent.

This move comes in response to an increasingly prevalent phenomenon dubbed “revenge porn,” where jilted former partners or extortionists upload sexually explicit content depicting the victims in an embarrassing light.

“Unfortunately, revenge porn is on the rise across the globe,” said Jacqueline Beauchere, Microsoft’s chief online safety officer, in a blog post. “It can damage nearly every aspect of a victim’s life: relationships, career, social activities. In the most severe and tragic cases, it has even led to suicide.”

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