The brand new Google Coverage means that you can take away photos of minors from search

Google announced a new policy and tool that will allow you to remove pictures of minors, children and teenagers under the age of 18 from Google search results, both from pictures and from web search. This is likely a welcome feature for many parents, many teenagers, and reputation management companies.

Google said, “With a newly implemented policy, anyone under the age of 18 or their parent or guardian can request their images removed from search results in a few simple steps. This means that these images will not appear in the Images tab or as thumbnails in any function of Google search. “

this Help document guides you through further details of when and who can request this. Accordingly, Google removes images of people under the age of 18 from search results at the request of the person under 18 or their parents or guardians, with the exception of cases of compelling public interest or newsworthiness. This means that these images are not displayed on the “Google Images” tab or as thumbnails in a Google search function. Google can’t remove the image from the website it’s hosted on, but it can remove it from Google search results.

here is the link to the form to request the removal of the image.

What happens after you submit the removal request:

• You will receive an automated email confirmation. This confirms that we have received the request.
• Google will review your request. Each request will be evaluated based on the above requirements.
• Google collects further information if necessary. In some cases, Google may ask you for more information. If the request does not contain enough information for us to evaluate, e.g. B. Missing URLs, will provide specific instructions to Google and ask you to resubmit the request.
• You will receive a notification of all measures taken. If submitted image URLs are found to fall within the scope of our guidelines, they will be removed from Google search results. If the request does not meet the removal requirements, we will also include a brief explanation. If your application is denied and you later have additional documents to support your case, you can resubmit your application.

As I said at Search engine country, it is intended to make it easier for some reputation management companies to process these inquiries in the future.

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