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[FYI] Porn sneaks past search filters
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- Subject: [FYI] Porn sneaks past search filters
- From: "Axel H Horns" <horns@ipjur.com>
- Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2001 18:07:54 +0200
http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-6416982.html
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Porn sneaks past search filters
By Paul Festa
Staff Writer, CNET News.com
July 2, 2001, 4:00 a.m. PT
Search companies are increasingly turning to censorware to court G-
rated customers such as corporations, schools and parents, but
they're still showing too much skin.
The shortcomings of porn filters were on display last week when
Google launched a test version of a search engine for images with an
optional filter for what it terms "inappropriate adult content." Even
with the filter turned on, Google is serving a healthy dose of
pornographic images, often for keywords with primarily nonsexual
meanings.
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