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Google Fixes the Glitch that Caused Flood of Porn

Google Base didn’t have a very glorious start as only a week after the official launch there were numerous reports of a glitch which allowed search results to display porn. The Google Base service, which was created as a tool to allow people to easily tag and catalog their data, has been turned overnight into a virtual Red Light District because of a temporary glitch which prevented the SafeSearch filter to intervene properly.

Google Base allows users to add adult content but it’s supposed to filter out most of it if a search
is submitted with the SafeSearch feature activated. That way, pornographic material is not being displayed in search results by default. But things didn’t work as they were supposed to this week due to a technical glitch that allowed porn to leak into Google Base search results.

Only last night did Google administrators find the flaw and managed to reactivate the SafeSearch feature which made search results porn-free again. The Google spokesman said this filter was unavailable for a certain amount of time, but that’s as far as specific information goes.

Many users showed great surprise to find that already there is so much porn available through Google Base, considering it was launched less than two weeks ago.