Google to block child abuse images for the first time

Internet searches for child abuse images will be blocked for the first time by Microsoft and Google after months of mounting pressure.

Mon, 18 Nov, 2013 - 08:10

Internet searches for child abuse images will be blocked for the first time by Microsoft and Google after months of mounting pressure.

New software is to be introduced that will automatically block 100,000 “unambiguous” search terms which lead to illegal content, Google chief executive Eric Schmidt told the Daily Mail.

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