Revenge porn does not only try to shame women – it tries to silence them too

If we are serious about free speech for all, we need laws to combat this abuse. It is naive to think it can be self-regulated

Google has joined other tech companies, including Twitter and Reddit, in taking a stand against the non-consensual sharing of intimate images, otherwise known as "revenge porn". In a statement released on its public policy blog last Friday, Google announced that it would "honour requests from people to remove nude or sexually explicit images shared without their consent from Google Search results."