Google partners with UK nonprofit to detect and remove nonconsensual intimate images from Search

Google is partnering with the U.K. nonprofit StopNCII to bolster its efforts at combating the spread of nonconsensual intimate images, also known as revenge porn.

The search giant will begin using StopNCII’s hashes , which are digital fingerprints of images and videos, to proactively identify and remove non-consensual intimate imagery on Search.

StopNCII helps adults prevent their private images from being shared online by creating a unique identifier, or hash, representing their intimate imagery. These hashes are then provided to partner platforms like Facebook, allowing them to identify and remove matching content from their platforms or services automatically.

It’s worth noting that the private imagery itself never leaves the device, as only the hash is uploaded to StopNCII’s sy