Microsoft Hosted Explicit Videos of This Startup Founder for Years. Here's How She Got Them Taken Down
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Summary
Breeze Liu, now 29, was contacted by a college friend in April 2020 to tell her an intimate video of her was on porn sites under the title “Korean Teen”
The video had been filmed without her permission when she was 17 and uploaded without her consent.
Liu had to practically plead with Microsoft to remove 150 explicit images and videos of her hosted on its Azure cloud, after other companies had taken down hundreds of items.
The case shows difficulties victims face in getting intimate digital abuse imagery removed and the issues they face when their age in the imagery is disputed.
Microsoft has now learned from the miscommunication, according to its chief digital safety officer, Courtney Gregoire.
But the company continues to host videos and images of Liu, according to Wired.
