A "safety mode" has been introduced by Google for You Tube watchers. This will filter out smut and other objectionable material, the company announced.
Customers can opt in to the "safety mode", which also automatically hides comments on any videos. If the user decides to view the comments, all objectionable words are censored by Google's
smut filter.
Pornography, gratuitous violence and animal abuse have been banned for long on the web's top video-sharing site. But the new filter will target such images even if they occur within a
legitimate context such as a news report, the company said in its blog Thursday.
Jamie Davidson, the product manager, said,"An example of this type of content might be a newsworthy video that contains graphic violence, such as a political protest or war coverage. While no
filter is 100 percent perfect, 'safety mode' is another step in our ongoing desire to give you greater control over the content you see on the site."
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