Saturday, October 09, 2010
FILTERS DO NOTHING
The Google Images filter settings are nothing more than a sham. Type in the names of pretty much any cartoon characters, and you'll get fanart of a sexually explicit nature sprinkled among the more innocuous results. And this not just with the "recommended" Moderate SafeSearch setting, oh no; even if you set the filters to Strict, you will still in all likelihood get NSFW results within the first ten pages (and often on Page 1).
Adding insult to injury, the "report offensive images" option is usually pretty much useless, as the images tend to stick around, both on the screen and burned into the backs of your retinas.
On any given search, you are likely to find :
TODAY'S BOOK: "1776", by David McCullough ((c) 2005)
Adding insult to injury, the "report offensive images" option is usually pretty much useless, as the images tend to stick around, both on the screen and burned into the backs of your retinas.
On any given search, you are likely to find :
- Full frontal nudity
- Close-ups of genitalia
- Explicit coitus
- Explicit coitus involving a she-male for added mental trauma
- Threesomes
- Foursomes
- Incest
- Child pornography
- Bestiality
- Tentacle porn
- Sadomasochism
- Oral sex
- Masturbation
- Rape
- A staggering variety of fetishes
- Two or more of the above at once
TODAY'S BOOK: "1776", by David McCullough ((c) 2005)
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