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Re:Google will blur explicit image results for all users, re... by dbrueck on Wednesday February 08, 2023 @11:47AM (#34710744)

Some late night TV show (Jimmy Kimmel maybe?) used to have a recurring bit where they'd find an innocuous photo and then blur out parts of it in a way that suggested that the original was naughty.

I can't remember more so I couldn't find a link to any examples, but I can't wait for somebody to set up a Twitter account documenting Google's unintentionally funny false positive blurs.

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Re:Google will blur explicit image results for all users, re... by kotaKat on Wednesday February 08, 2023 @12:01PM (#34710989)

I believe Kimmel's bit is "This Week in Unnecessary Censorship" where they bleeped and blurred various TV show segments.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJVjuJHqR7U [censored nsfw, obviously]

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Re:Google will blur explicit image results for all users, re... by dbrueck on Wednesday February 08, 2023 @12:55PM (#34711915)

Yeah, that was it. Thank you!

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Re:Google will blur explicit image results for all users, re... by Scoundreller on Wednesday February 08, 2023 @11:50AM (#34710802)

Sounds like a “the man show” bit.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man_Show

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Re:Google will blur explicit image results for all users, re... by professorplumb on Wednesday February 08, 2023 @01:02PM (#34712036)

I've always considered this video the canonical example of intentionally misleading censorship: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AXPnH0C9UA

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Re:Google will blur explicit image results for all users, re... by tzs on Wednesday February 08, 2023 @01:59PM (#34712954)

The is reminiscent of "Mormon Bubbling" [1]. Click the image gallery link on that page for a whole lot of examples, some of which are quite convincing.

[1] https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/mormon-porn-bubble-porn

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