However, Google moved quickly and the images have been removed within an hour of being alerted by an internet user. The images have now been replaced by a black screen, like Google always does with offending Street View images.Google quoted "For us, privacy and user choice remain paramount. This is why we have put in place tools so that if people see what they believe to be inappropriate, they can report them to us using the simple tools and the images will be quickly removed. We apologise for any inadvertent concern this may have caused."
Claire Rowlands, 25, was shocked and horrified to see a picture of her nude son backside while he was butt naked in his grandmother's garden in Walkden shown on Google Street View, available for the whole Internet audience to see.
The registration plate of the car was blurred as shown above, on the driveway of the house in Greater Manchester, England, but little Louis's wearing nothing was uncensored.Though their software automatically blurs license plates on cars, it cannot distinguish human bodies.
Dead body images showed a partly-covered body lying on the side in Rio de Janeiro, and the other showed a covered body near police cars in the city of Belo Horizonte. The images were first published by a Brazilian newspaper and the news has spread rapidly online. Now, if you click the links Rio de Janeiro and Belo Horizonte to see the locations on Street View, Google only shows a black screen, instead.
Google after removing the images from Street View Brazil stated "We take issues around inappropriate content in our products very seriously, and we removed the images quickly after being notified. For us, privacy and user choice remain paramount. This is why we have put in place tools so that if people see what they believe to be inappropriate, they can report them to us using the simple tools and the images will be promptly removed."


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