Bing Porn FilterIn order to further satisfy the family demographic of its consumer base, Microsoft has recently added an extra pornography filter to its Bing search engine to help block what other people have labeled as an unanticipated porn portal. It even added a mobile site that's a redesign of its Farecast service (now known as Bing Travel) and a voice service (800-BING-411) as well. Users testing the filter by overtly searching for adult material can receive family unfriendly content without even needing to leave the Bing search engine itself. The dire implications of this glitch are obvious: Anyone in your family, even children, can get to view 30-second pornographic content by merely using the Smart Motion Preview on the search results of the site despite the default filter's presence. Bing Search Engine blocking pornographyMicrosoft ardently stood up for its Smart Motion Previews technology. Mike Nichols, Bing's general manager, posted on a blog entry that the technology is a helpful tool that enables web surfers to choose whether or not a video link they want to watch is worth watching. The workaround involves a simple "adlt=strict" append to the end of your search term or query so that no matter what the configuration of your session, you will get results free of adult or offensive material. Microsoft is also planning to standardize the procedure for its partners, Nichols disclosed. |