Google may have plunged headlong into hot PR water with Google Instant’s new security feature.
Type in an inappropriate keyword and the results disappear. You have to hit enter to see your search results.
Terms like bisexual and lesbian turn the search feature off.
That’ll please parents but irritate vocal minorities that think they’re being discriminated against.
All this from a corporation that is known for a great many things, but censorship isn’t normally one of them.
Word is, Google is trying to prevent people (read, children) seeing pornographic or violent material unless they really, really want to see it.
Read more at Mashable.
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