Microsoft's Bing Refuses Search Term "Sex" In India 355
An anonymous reader writes "Apparently Microsoft is censoring search results for Bing in India and other countries. If you try to search for the term 'sex,' along with lots of variations, from India using Microsoft's new search engine, an error message is returned that says, 'the search sex may return sexually explicit content. To get results, change your search terms.' There's no preference setting or toggle-on-or-off choice; you simply cannot search for the term 'sex' in India if you are using Bing. While a user still can change their country and try the non-Indian version of Bing, this seems like an unnecessary step and unnecessary censorship on the part of Microsoft. Apparently Google has no problem with Indians searching for the term 'sex.'"
No matter what the search engine says, (Score:5, Funny)
and then... (Score:4, Funny)
Work-related? (Score:5, Funny)
Perhaps Microsoft doesn't want it's tech support searching for certain things while on the job?
Thank Goodness! (Score:0, Funny)
Someone cares about morals and propriety. The internet is no place for sex, especially Indian sex. If I was in charge no-one would be allowed to have sex or talk about sex or read about sex because sex is dirty and immoral and leads to crime, drug use, malfeasance, insouciance, laziness, ugliness, and general badness.
Re:'sex may return sexually explicit content' (Score:5, Funny)
No shit, Sherlock.
Keep digging Watson.
Re:Thank Goodness! (Score:1, Funny)
I agree. sex is just downright wrong and needs to be stopped at every turn. Otherwise our children might grow up thinking sex is okay.
Re:So search for sex,the natural way (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Duh. (Score:3, Funny)
Re:So search for sex,the natural way (Score:3, Funny)
Name of their first pet and name of the street where they live.
I'm Brownie de Lappe.
Re:So search for sex,the natural way (Score:4, Funny)
They must be related, usually their last name is "jpg".
Also, because we aren't having any (Score:1, Funny)
Seeing other people have sex or talk about it is depressing. Depression is a serious illness.
Population Control (Score:5, Funny)
Re:My office mate from India (Score:5, Funny)
Because lots of men don't wash their hands, and it grosses people out that they've doubled the chances of spreading swine flu.
Re:My office mate from India (Score:1, Funny)
Ummmm, because it's gay?
Re:No matter what the search engine says, (Score:5, Funny)
To Paraphrase Russell Peters,
"India is the second largest population in the world. Somebody's fucking..."
Re:No matter what the search engine says, (Score:4, Funny)
No! If people from India can't search for sex, they might not know how to do it! Think of what that would do to their population!
They're afraid that people will... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:My office mate from India (Score:1, Funny)
You think all the women wash their hands ? Be thankful the men's room is not littered with used tampons!
Something to think about when you hold your girls hand next time. You are welcome for the image.
Any single female indian girls? (Score:5, Funny)
A lot of Indian's seem to be posting here, sooo.... any single Indian females by any chance? :)
(Yup, I'm gonna be modded down to hell, I just know it, but you can't blame a guy for trying !)
Re:But... (Score:5, Funny)
Big Brother knows what's best for us.
Don't you mean "bing" brother?
Re:It's not just India... (Score:5, Funny)
A lots of those I can see how this could make some warped sense for religious/political reasons, but can someone clarify why Germany? What makes it special?
Have you seen German porn?! Blocking the term there is a public service!
Re:Tested and confirmed but... (Score:2, Funny)
...and now you're on every FBI, CIA, NSA, and Homeland Security watchlist all in one go. Congrats! Have fun in Guantanamo...
Ugh, I hate this place... Too bad we don't have that constitution thing to protect us anymore...
Re:and then... it was banned. (Score:4, Funny)
Why the name "libpr0n"? [libpr0n.com]
The main goal of the library is to render pornographic images in an efficient way. Plus, the name "imglib2" is boring.
Re:My office mate from India (Score:5, Funny)
My approach to things like this changed. I just don't care for shit like that. When it's hot, I like to run around barefoot. Even when shopping, etc.
And I make it look good. Fitting clothing style. Clean. And self-confident.
Now I get more girls talking to me *because* of it.
I think the trick is, to have a stronger reality. Of what is right and cool.
If you manage to drag others in your reality, you can do what you like.
So partially, it's people themselves, running around in fear, acting kinda ashamed, that makes other people think it's normal to treat them like this.
Same thing with learned wrong assumptions about yourself. Like people thinking they are stupid, therefore giving up earlier, and not even trying to achieve some goals.
I found it very healthy, to re-check all your most basic assumptions at most every 10 years. You will be surprised which one have absolutely no scientific base, but were very very deeply connected to every thought of yours.
Re:My office mate from India (Score:3, Funny)
Some days, I only make it through by imagining that some women don't wash their hands.
Giggity.
Re:My office mate from India (Score:1, Funny)
Boy, that takes me back. Used to be, back in my day, you'd hold a lovers feet while walking down the street. This posed the occasional complication. If they were still attached to her, do you do her the courtesy of chloroforming her before dragging her around, or do you simply use a club? What if they were severed? Do you have the feet bronzed or take them to a taxidermist?
Now you have all this hogwash about "lips" and "hands". Simpler days in my time, son, simpler days indeed.
Re:Duh. (Score:5, Funny)
"Hot blondes" is blocked. "Hot dirty blondes" is OK.
Go figure.
Also, "Two girls one cup", "goatsie", and "tubgirl" pass. I guess they still have some work to do.
Re:My office mate from India (Score:3, Funny)
and what do you do when you step on an AIDS infected needle? dumbass.
Re:Duh. (Score:1, Funny)
Re:My office mate from India (Score:5, Funny)
You just have to wear it proud. That's the problem with AIDS, too many people walking around ashamed of the lesions on their face. I walk around with lesions and I make it look good. More girls talk to me *because* of it.
Recursive Acronymn (Score:3, Funny)
OMG! I never noticed that before - BING is a recursive acronym [wikipedia.org]. Meaning Bing Is Not Google.
Yet another example of MS following the GNU project ;-)
Re:No matter what the search engine says, (Score:1, Funny)
... there is no sex in India's champagne room.
Or maybe the government, seeing a population of 1.17 billion (July, '09 estimate) just figured that people in India knew quite all they needed to know about sex.
Hmmm, captcha = strategy
Re:Any single female indian girls? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Duh. (Score:4, Funny)
What kind of pervert would consider these sexual in nature, thought? Wisty, you sicko!
Re:My office mate from India (Score:3, Funny)
Ken sent me.
Wait... uh...
Re:My office mate from India (Score:1, Funny)
"I don't think anyone will go wrong in assuming an operating stove is hot. "
Tell that to every small child.
Re:Recursive Acronymn (Score:2, Funny)
Re:My office mate from India (Score:3, Funny)
That's why I open the door with my dick.