Google intros 'Safety Filter' for Orkut

BANGALORE, INDIA: Google has announced that it had introduced  a new feature, "Safety Filter", on orkut.

The safety filter will automatically screen and mark unsafe, mature content that could be potentially upsetting but may not violate Google's policies.

The safety filter will be turned 'ON' by default for all users in India, and photos or text with mature content will be put behind a warning page. In addition, this content will no longer show up in search results.

"Given the magnitude of content that gets uploaded every second, we want to make it easier for our users to control their orkut experience," a Google official said..

This feature is in addition to Google's existing approach to porn, spam and impersonation- all of which are clear violations of the site's policies and will be removed as soon as orkut users bring these to notice.

The safety filter helps protect users from the content on orkut that sometimes causes people to disagree: that is, material that some people may find acceptable but others may find offensive.