No, Google Is Not Banning Porn On Blogger

Google has flipped over a decision to ban sexually explicit images and from its Blogger service. Three days ago, the search giant had announced to ban sexually explicit material from public Blogger sites. However, after sustained criticism of the decision, it reversed it and decided instead that such site's will just be placed behind a warning page.

Now, only commercial porn will be banned on the site, The Independent reported.

"We've had a ton of feedback, in particular about the introduction of a retroactive change (some people have had accounts for 10+ years), but also about the negative impact on individuals who post sexually explicit content to express their identities," wrote Jessica Pelegio, social product support manager at Google.

"So rather than implement this change, we've decided to step up enforcement around our existing policy prohibiting commercial porn.

"Blog owners should continue to mark any blogs containing sexually explicit content as "adult" so that they can be placed behind an "adult content" warning page."