Google classifies Cindy Sheehan letter as "adult content" 18+ page

[dissent1977]

Follow this link, and tell me if you see anything on this page that should be off limits to everyone under 18.

http://groups-beta.google.com/groups/adult_confirm?_done=/group/bullyard/msg/7f523b1a73be1a36%3Fhl%3Den

It is a said day when the truth is treated as if it were pornography.

[Eric J in MN]

1. maybe the word "gory" sets off that warning?

nt

[dissent1977]

3. Why would they censor the word gory?

"I was confronted with the gory details of my son's murder in Sadr City, Baghdad"

There is absolutely no reason to censor that, there was not even a photo so I don't know how they could possibly justify restricting it based on that word.

[MercutioATC]

7. It's automated...

I'd bet "tortured", "defiled", or "murdered" set it off.

[Warren Stupidity]

2. nothing other than the truth

What is really odd is that you can google images of any sort of body part you'd like on google without any barrier whatever. Is there any feedback mechanism to get the policy on this changed?

[Make7]

5. Google support

http://www.google.com/support/bin/topic.py?topic=360

Might be worth a try.

-make7

[tulsakatz]

4. google groups

some Google groups require you to be 18 to read the mail in that group. I'm thinking, this is probably why you have to agree that you're 18 to read the message.

It's not really saying that you have to be 18 to read that particular message, it's just telling you that you have to be 18 to read any of the messages in that group.

[wli]

6. political censoring of the internet has begun... no surprises

Soon the netnanny software will just make Democrats' webpages/etc. disappear.

[orleans]

8. i don't know about the censorship but

what a great letter to nightline.

thanks for pointing it out.

[ngGale]

9. Dying in a war must now be an ...

adult subject.:shrug:

[Luminous Animal]

10. Has anyone tried the link

and then followed the directions? Because I got nothing.

[democracyindanger]

11. It's a group, not a search

Maybe there's an option where the group creator can set an age requirement. Maybe it's a bug, because google groups is in beta.

If you copy some of the text from her letter and google it, you'll get a couple of returns.

Nothing sinister going on here.

[markus]

12. Google supports censorship overseas for a buck

Why not here?