Google warns bloggers to remove adverts linking to adult sites

NEW DELHI: Google has announced that it will be removing any and all Blogger websites that contains adverts linking to adult sites.

In an email to Blogger users, Google warned them that if the external adverts linking to adult hosting sites were not removed by end of the month, their sites would be removed from the Google servers.

According to the current Content Policy of Google, users can publish adult images and videos containing nudity and sexual activity if the site has been listed as such. However Google does not allow making money from adult content with adverts or links pointing towards commercial porn sites.

The email has informed of a policy update on June 30 that will prohibit use of monetization of all adult content.

This follows a meeting called by the British Government between ministers and representatives of major internet companies including Google, BT and Yahoo!

It had been decided at the meeting that analysts would be recruited to unearth and delete illegal pictures instead of waiting for complaints to be made to police.

At present, the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) acts as a response team monitoring the internet for unlawful activities and acting only on complaints. The IWF will be given additional one million pounds sterling from the industry in order to enable it to take a fresh proactive approach to find child pornography and block online child abuse images in an attempt to reverse the spread of sites used by pedophile groups.