Google has already announced that it will start protecting users from inappropriate content. However, this time it did not focus on the Chrome internet search engine or YouTube, but strangely enough, it targets Google Messages. That is, one of the most popular chat apps that has Google Play over 5 billion downloads. Now, Google News will not show you videos with explicit content and will blur them out.
Google is targeting content inappropriate for users, which could outrage more sensitive people and even cause trauma to children. This is especially true for nudity, but it could also be other inappropriate videos. If you receive such a video via Google News, the algorithm will detect nudity in it, warn you about it, and video blursA similar feature has been working for images for a summer, but videos have so far been passed through without censorship.
The new product comes with the latest updates Google Play Services (version 25.39), which Google released earlier this week. When it arrives, every video you receive will undergo analysis based on Android's own system called SafetyCoreIf a video is detected as inappropriate and contains nudity, you will be given the option to delete it before watching. But of course you don't have to do that and you can open it.
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Although the new feature may be useful to some,ipadat as censorship from Google, that's not the case. It won't be activated automatically. You have to first go to the Google News app Settings, then select an item Protection and safety and then tap the field Manage sensitive content alertsThis is where you can activate or deactivate the notifications you want.
It's worth noting that Google's algorithms can detect nudity in images and videos. But they are completely toothless against GIFsSo if someone sends you a funny GIF of a scantily clad man or a lewd girl, there will be no blurring or reporting. But that could change in the future.
