Google's Image Search Now Requires Explicit Queries For Explicit Results 369
Several readers sent word of a change to Google's implementation of SafeSearch for image searches. There used to be three settings: Off, Moderate, and Strict. (You can still see these settings on, for example, Google's UK image search.) Now, for U.S. users they've made Moderate the default, and the only other option is to "Filter Explicit Results." Going into settings provides no way to turn it off. That said, Google still lets users search for explicit content if the search terms they enter are specific to that type of content. A Google rep said, "We are not censoring any adult content, and want to show users exactly what they are looking for — but we aim not to show sexually-explicit results unless a user is specifically searching for them. We use algorithms to select the most relevant results for a given query. If you're looking for adult content, you can find it without having to change the default setting — you just may need to be more explicit in your query if your search terms are potentially ambiguous. The image search settings now work the same way as in Web search."
Re:Fuck Google and FUCK their "SafeSearch" bullshi (Score:3, Informative)
No. Censorship would be if they barred you from seeing it all together. This is not censorship, it's another filter that you can opt in or out of. I might agree that it's not their job to decide where the line is, but it's hardly censorship.
Bing (Score:5, Informative)
Good! I think. (Score:5, Informative)
My first reaction to this was "Oh my GOD its not like we're CHILDREN" and "Oh my GOD more censorship" but frankly on second thought... yeah, I kinda like this. I mean if I want to see naked women I can easily type that into the search field. I just did a couple of image searches that used to be CLUTTERED with Rule 34, and now I can actually find relevant stuff. That's actually a VAST improvement. Better than Safe Search=on used to be, in fact.
Re:Bing (Score:4, Informative)
Re:Oh grow up. (Score:5, Informative)
You can't turn it off anymore, that's the whole point.
Re:Coming soon! (Score:5, Informative)
go to images.google.com
drag image to the search box
you're welcome
Re:Censorship (Score:2, Informative)
Doing it with them is doing it for them.
I might not be a parent, but I was a child once. I have also been in a position to teach children, and when a parent said they did the work with the child that meant they did it for the child.
Re:Oh grow up. (Score:2, Informative)
Re:So... tell me how to be more explicit? (Score:5, Informative)
Apparently, you need to put a magic word "porn" in your search query.
'blowjobs' gives you the results you saw
'blowjobs porn' gives exclusively the results you were looking for.