18 January, 2007

IMDb search censored

BoingBoing reports that the IMDb has imposed an 'Adult' filter on search results, arbitrarily rendering some sexually explicit films slightly difficult to find.  I'm not interested in outright p*rn (honest), but more mainstream films are being hidden too, which I don't want.

I'm not going to rant about 'child protection' (I've already said that it's parents' responsibility, not that of content providers), so I'll merely say that those with IMDb accounts can readily switch-off the filter via the 'Search Preferences' page.