Street View Catches Britons in Compromising Positions

Google removes several pictures at resident's request
By Nick McMaster,  Newser Staff
Posted Mar 20, 2009 3:54 PM CDT
Street View Catches Britons in Compromising Positions
An Oxford scene is shown in Google Street View.   (Google)

Google has scrubbed several embarrassing photos from its Street View map feature following the rollout of the service in the UK yesterday, the Telegraph reports. Google received numerous complaints about certain snapshots, including one of a man leaving a sex shop. Google noted that Street View has tools for the removal of awkward photos, and that it had so far removed fewer images than expected. (More Google stories.)

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