After being threatened with a $100 million lawsuit, Google has responded by saying it is working on removing nude images of celebrities that were illegally obtained.

"We've removed tens of thousands of pictures, within hours of the requests being made, and we have closed hundreds of accounts," a Google spokesperson said. "The Internet is used for many good things. Stealing people's private photos is not one of them."

The lawsuit was filed by attorney Marty Singer, who said that Google had ignored about a dozen requests to remove the material, which is unlike Twitter, who quickly responded and worked to remove the pictures.

Singer also slammed Google and said its "Don't be evil" tagline meant nothing.

"If your wives, daughters or relatives were the victims of such blatant violations of basic human rights, surely you would take appropriate action," Singer said. "But because the victims are celebrities with valuable publicity rights, you do nothing -- nothing but collect millions of dollars in advertising revenue from your co-conspirator advertising partners as you seeks to capitalize on the scandal rather than squash it."

Many celebrities have come forward to speak out against the nude photo hack.

Andrew Garfield, for example, called the violation "disgusting."

He said that just because the images were out there didn't mean anyone else but the intended recipient has a right to view them. He also called the Internet the "Wild West" and said that more needed to be done in this area.

And celebrities that have been affected have stood up for themselves, such as Meagan Good.

"Oh, yeah -- and for everyone who's reposting the leaked nudes?" she said. "You should be ashamed of yourself."

Gabrielle Union and husband Dwyane Wade have also called those who stole the images "vultures."

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