Google will soon default to blurring explicit image search results

TL;DR

Google has debuted a new default SafeSearch setting, somewhere between "on" and "off," that automatically blurs explicit images in search results for most people. A new setting, rolling out "in the coming months," "will blur explicit imagery if it appears in Search results when SafeSearch filtering isn't turned on," writes Google's Jen Fitzpatrick, senior vice president of Core Systems & Experiences. It's a way to prevent children from getting access to explicit images, but also, notably, a means of ensuring people are logged in to Google if they're looking for something… very specific

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