Microsoft's Bing + Porn = Ooops!

[Apple Hobo]

Content-filtering companies have also been reviewing Bing — and have found the same gaping problems.

Good pun for a porno story.

 

[Pika]

Showing your tongue is porno.

 

[opinioncircle]

Not surprised....

 

[benthewraith]

That's funny. It's too bad that the mouse over feature doesn't work in Safari 4 Beta.

Yes. It does.

BTW, Dogpile does the same. Just turn off filtering in preferences, and whammo. Instaporn.

 

[redAPPLE]

With this news, makes you wonder what Steve Ballmer is describing below?

seriously, that pic scared me. well it still scares me.

 

[FX120]

Google does NOT show "previews" of porn videos in the search results page.

Not video, but it does display graphic images.

It's still pornographic material.

 

[benthewraith]

Google does NOT show "previews" of porn videos in the search results page.

video.google.com with the filtering disabled does in fact show links and images of porn videos. In fact, there's a nice little Youtube thing in there that does show pornographic material from Youtube.

The simple truth is, this is a non-case. Any search engine has some method of bypassing safety protocols. If parents are so worried about their kids watching porn on the internet, then they can go out and get key-loggers. Web Nanny software usually package an unSafe Uninstall in case of an emergency.

 

[Drag'nGT]

That's funny. It's too bad that the mouse over feature doesn't work in Safari 4 Beta.

Really? It works for me. I don't know if they changed anything though.

 

[Melrose]

 

[chris200x9]

well, they wanted more users they got it...checking this out NOW

 

[Vster]

With this news, makes you wonder what Steve Ballmer is describing below.

LOL...gross

 

[appleguy123]

Probably the size of his orifice after taking it up there once too often.


Seems like FOX is making a big deal over this. I typed in 'porn' and clicked videos. This message was returned.

THE SEARCH PORN MAY RETURN EXPLICIT ADULT CONTENT.To view these videos, turn off safe search.

LOL it gives you instructions on how to do it!

 

[Abstract]

Yes.. however, videos don't automatically start playing on mouse over.
And there's a lot of porn videos on Teh Intarwebs. Allegedly. Ahem.
Might want to bury the content filter switches a little bit deeper.

It's definitely an issue if you're already on a porn site.

On the other hand, if you're on a porn site, then all Microsoft has done is take away the final click of the mouse.

All a kid has to do is select remove filter in his browser and poof!! Instant porn videos.

Well no. You'd still have to be on a site with lots of videos for your cursor to hover over. It's not "instant porn videos". Same with removing the filter on any search engine.

You can say the same thing about Google or Yahoo.

Internet safety rests mostly in the hands of the parents and guardians, not in the hands of content providers.

Yes, plus there's that reason. Microsoft shouldn't be responsible for what you or your kids are looking for in a search engine.



Some of the posts in this thread are borderline stupid, or just stupid. I don't know whether these are fanboy/anti-Microsoft posts, or whether we're all on Punk'd.