Neowin News Feed for: Explicit

Google's new tool removes your explicit images from Search, here's how it works

Aditya Tiwari — Tue, 10 Feb 2026 17:16:01 +0000

Google announced it's rolling out a new tool to remove your non-consensual explicit images from Google Search. Read more...

Meta should improve safety mechanisms for the victims of explicit AI deepfakes

Martin Hodás — Fri, 26 Jul 2024 17:16:01 +0000

Meta's Oversight Board identified several weaknesses in rules and processes that pose a risk of unnecessary harm to users, especially women, who are victims of non-consensual explicit deepfakes. Read more...

U.S. isn't the world: Meta's “supreme court” probes if it combats explicit AI fakes globally

Martin Hodás — Tue, 16 Apr 2024 15:38:01 +0000

Meta's Oversight Board investigates whether Facebook and Instagram uphold consistent standards of content moderation across the world when users share explicit AI images of female public figures. Read more...

Pew Research Center: 41% of Americans experience online harassment

Paul Hill — Thu, 13 Jul 2017 13:14:01 +0000

The Pew Research Center has published a new study which shows that 41% of Americans have been abused online. The main venue for this abuse was social media websites, mainly Facebook and Twitter. Read more...

UK to block pornography by default; it corrodes your childhood

Paul Ferson — Mon, 22 Jul 2013 12:20:33 +0000

A change in UK law means that pornography is to be blocked by default, becoming an opt-in feature. The move is ostensibly an effort to limit access to illegal content or underage content. Read more...

Apple adds "Explicit" category for naughty App Store submissions (UPDATED)

Benjamin Rubenstein — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 16:59:22 +0000

In recent news, Apple announced the removal of all things cleavage, subsequently removing 5,000 sexual applications from the App Store. However, they did not remove every single provocative app in the store. Sports Illustrated's swimsuit... Read more...

Google Not Guilty of Displaying Explicit Images

Wed, 16 May 2007 21:41:27 +0000

Early last year, adult entertainment website Perfect 10 filed a lawsuit against Google for displaying thumbnails and subsequent images from its website, claiming that a portion of its revenue came from selling thumbnails to mobile... Read more...