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Why would Tumblr be singled out when Bing gets away with it? Bing goes so unnoticed that their image search is practically a porn engine (if you turn off safe s
by nhebb 13y ago
Why would Tumblr be singled out when Bing gets away with it? Bing goes so unnoticed that their image search is practically a porn engine (if you turn off safe search), and I've never heard an outcry about that.
Every female celebrity or politician has "nude" or "naked" somewhere in the suggested searches. To illustrate my point, do a Bing image search for Bill Clinton. Next, try it for Hillary. Not quite as bad, but try image searches for Barack and Michelle Obama. The top three suggestions for Michelle are Ass, Booty, and Butt. They may argue that they're just reflecting what users search for, but I have trouble believing that a lot of people are out there looking for nude photos of Nancy Pelosi.
- jlgreco 13y agoHell, the first non-image bing result for "men" is for gay porn.
- ghshephard 13y agoThe difference is that Tumblr is hosting the material, whereas Bing is indexing it. And, if you do a search from Bing (or Google, for that matter) from Singapore, the results are quite tame, whereas the tumblr website appears the same. I do get your point though - Google has, as of late, even with safe search off, made it much more difficult to "trip across" porn on the internet (you really have to be looking for it) - whereas with Bing, it's basically, "We'll show you porn if there is a faint chance that it's relevant) - I.E. "redhead."
- bjxrn 13y agoI tried a Bing image search for Michelle Obama. The suggestions I get are: wedding dress, craig robinson, 2007, dess, swimsuit, fashion, eyeroll, pregnant. And I turned off safe search.