New ākid safeā search engine blocks childrenās searches seeking help on reporting sexual abuse, calls rape a ābad wordā
Censorship of sexuality, especially while simultaneously violence, particularly sexual violence, is left uncensored, and the harmful implication this juxtaposition has on our collective sexual wellness, is something Iāve written a lot about, like here and here. Hell, Iāve even written a book about it.
So when I found out there is a new ākid safeā search engine called Kiddle designed to block adult search returns for children, I feared it had sex-is-bad-and-violence-is-normal disaster written all over it. When I learned the results are handpicked by humans and not a computer broadly banning based on keywords, I was extra curious to see if I was still right. I was.
I typed in a bunch of different searches that a child might reasonably want or *need* to anonymously ask the Internet. Well, Iāll let you see the results for yourself:
My girlfriend hits meā is also a bad word.
Inquiries about vaginal discharge are, you guessed it, also bad words.
Related bad words: menstrual care, menstrual pads, menstruation, and uterus.
When avoiding a gay dating website in the search results is considered a higher priority of āsafetyā for children than their homelessness, and you recommend confronting their abusive parents, we have a tish bit of a problem.
But the human censors allows kids to search for this one under their ākid safeā censorship policies.
So questions about puberty, health, identity, and seeking help for sexual abuse is not āsafeā, but kids buying guns is. I feel like a broken record, so Iām going to let you all unpack it this time. Discuss:
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