SAY NO TO NUDE PHOTOS ON BLOGS, GOOGLE TELLS BLOGGERS

SAY NO TO NUDE PHOTOS ON BLOGS, GOOGLE TELLS BLOGGERS

As per the new terms Google is cracking down on explicit content hosted on Blogger, its blogging platform. I think most of us are depended on Google’s this platform for blogging. The company has told Blogger users that if they have explicit videos or photos on their blogs, they have to either remove them or make their blog entirely private. Once a blog is private, it will be accessible only to blog administrator.

"Starting March 23, 2015, you won't be able to publicly share images and video that are sexually explicit or show graphic nudity on Blogger," said Google.

                               
  Though the company specified that it won't probably crackdown on a blog if it is hosting Picasso's Primitivist. "We'll still allow nudity if the content offers a substantial public benefit, for example in artistic, educational, documentary, or scientific contexts," said the company. But still most of us are confused about how it is going to affect us.

According to the sources Google will implement its no-nudes policy in two ways. For the blogs created before March 23, it will make the pages private if they host explicit images. But if a blogger starts an adult blog after March 23 on Blogger, Google may remove it or "take other action if it includes content that is sexually explicit or shows graphic nudity as explained in our content policy."Google's policy on adult blogs is another example of how technology companies are increasingly playing role of gatekeepers and moral police. Apple my favorite comppany, for example, doesn't allow any adult or controversial apps on its iOS store. Similarly, Facebook follows a strict no-nudes policy and even blocks images of breast-feeding. Twitter and Tumblr, however, seems to be more lenient in allowing adult content if the content is clearly labelled explicit.

                                       It is also possible that Google is cracking down on adult blogs because a lot of such blogs are used to host copyrighted content. So let’s wait for the further confirmation from Google and its sources. I have an open question to all of you my readers, Is Google also trying intervene the freedom of speech and expression of bloggers? How do they get affected by blogs and how do we can distinguish between nude and no nude photos?