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HotCakeX's avatar
Dec 17, 2019

Why is the phrase "Girls" considered "Adult content" by Bing?

I just tried searching for something totally innocent but it had the phrase "girls" in it and then I got the message saying the search result are adult and can't be shown.

obviously I know I can disable safe search or change country but it shouldn't be necessary.

there is nothing adult about the phrase "girls".

 

the same happens in Cortana in Windows 10.

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  • Glucksritter's avatar
    Glucksritter
    Copper Contributor
    But why would you search the phrase 'girls' anyways were you looking for a song or something?

    Cause I do see why someone could classify it as adult content as the word "girl(s)" are used a lot in pornographic websites
    • HotCakeX's avatar
      HotCakeX
      MVP

      Glucksritter 


      Glucksritter wrote:
      But why would you search the phrase 'girls' anyways were you looking for a song or something?

      Cause I do see why someone could classify it as adult content as the word "girl(s)" are used a lot in pornographic websites

       

      It's personal.

       

      Only Bing would be dumb enough to categorize Girls as adults.

      Google can correctly differentiate between adult and non-adult (explicit and non-explicit) search results when searching for girls and any other similar phrase.

       

      This is coming from me who is a big fan of Microsoft and Microsoft products.

    • Azureist's avatar
      Azureist
      Copper Contributor

      Glucksritter You could search for a million non adult related things:

       

       - Girls clothing.

       - Girls shoes.

       - Make up tutorials for girls.

       

      Just to name a few.

      • HotCakeX's avatar
        HotCakeX
        MVP

        Azureist 


        Azureist wrote:

        Glucksritter You could search for a million non adult related things:

         

         - Girls clothing.

         - Girls shoes.

         - Make up tutorials for girls.

         

        Just to name a few.


         

        Oh I know,

        I can search for Trillions of things, but that's not the point 🙂

        "Girls" is already non-adult.

        just because a search engine like Bing is wrong about categorizing it, doesn't change the fact.

         

         

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