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Seriously, pornography counts as "free speech" now? Please guys, can't we fight for something worthwhile? If I had to give my opinion, I'd say that I actually

• seanmcdirmid 11y ago
  I live in a harmonized country where we get to use a harmonized version of bing. It filters out many legitimate search requests, not just porn. You might search for something completely innocuous that happens to have the word girl in it (e.g. the TV series golden girls from the 80s), and it will be harmonized, I mean censored. The filters are necessarily inaccurate and will affect legitimate search queries. You probably wouldn't use them in your western country even if you were a conservative Puritan.
  • veddox 11y ago
    I understand that it can be a pain for the users - but unless the filter out a lot more than the original article says, I find the label of "censorship" and "free speech impediment" highly exaggerated.
    • seanmcdirmid 11y ago
      About 5% of my searches are blocked based on keywords alone, and none of those are meant to be pornographic. I believe, and have found from my own experience, that censorship is impossible without collateral damage. It is unavoidable.
• harry8 11y ago
  Yes absolutely everyting counts as free speech. That's the whole point. Neither you, nor anybody else gets to have an opinion on the content on behalf on anyone else. Porn is merely an example. Once you allow one through there's always a way to expand it. We've seen this often enough now for it not to be a simple platitude or a slippery slope argument. Of course in addition to trusting someone else's opinion you also have to trust their competence.