VARINDIA IT MAGAZINE

Google to curb online harassment brings Search algorithms:  Google   has updated its Search algorithms to protect people who are dealing with extraordinary cases of repeated harassment online.   Pandu Nayak, Google Fellow and Vice President, Search , said, “We’re also looking to expand these protections further, as part of our ongoing work in this space. The change was inspired by a similar approach we’ve taken with victims of non-consensual explicit content, commonly known as revenge porn. While no solution is perfect, our evaluations show that these changes meaningfully improve the quality of our results.”   Now, once someone has requested a removal from one site with predatory practices, Google will automatically apply  ranking protections  to help prevent content from other similar low-quality sites appearing in search results for people’s names... Read More