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[FYI] Porn sneaks past search filters



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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