The web giant says they have tried their best to remove stolen nude photos and close accounts used to spread the pics 'within hours of the requests being made.'
- Oct 3, 2014
AceShowbiz - Google has responded to a lawsuit threat launched by a lawyer representing celebrities whose naked pictures were stolen and spread on the internet. In a statement released on early Thursday, October 2, the tech giant says they have tried their best to remove the leaked nude photos.
"We've removed tens of thousands of pictures, within hours of the requests being made, and we have closed hundreds of accounts," says a spokesperson for Google. "The Internet is used for many good things. Stealing people's private photos is not one of them."
Google says it takes action after receiving valid copyright notices to remove items. The tech giants also reasons that some platforms like YouTube have allowed counter-notices to copyright claims.
Marty Singer, who represents Jennifer Lawrence, Kirsten Dunst, Kate Upton and other stars, said in his claim on Wednesday that his law firm had sent over a dozen takedown requests to Google but received no response. On the other hand, sites like Twitter "accommodated" the demands quickly, according to Singer.
Singer previously said in a letter threatening a more than $100 million lawsuit against Google, "We are writing concerning Google's despicable, reprehensible conduct in not only failing to act expeditiously and responsibly to remove the images but in knowingly accommodating, facilitating and perpetuating the unlawful conduct."
