In a blog post, Microsoft says it already took action on 268,000 explicit images being returned through Bing’s image search in a pilot through the end of August with StopNCII’s database. Previously, Microsoft offered a direct reporting tool, but the company says that’s proven to be not enough.
“We have heard concerns from victims, experts, and other stakeholders that user reporting alone may not scale effectively for impact or adequately address the risk that imagery can be accessed via search,” said Microsoft in its blog post on Thursday.