My apologies, it's not an actual Google product although powered by it. A search engine for children.
A bit about it [Sky News]
"A child-friendly search engine which bears a remarkable resemblance to Google has been launched.
Kiddle features a logo similar to that of the search giant, but it is not affiliated with it.
Instead it uses a Google Custom Search bar, which is embedded in the site, to filter out adult content.
It blocks a number of explicit search terms, plus certain celebrities which could lead to adult content being displayed - such as Pamela Anderson.
The site says: "Sites appearing in Kiddle search results satisfy family friendly requirements, as we filter sites with explicit or deceptive content."
But some celebrities currently slip through the net including some of the Kardashian clan, as well as Vanessa Hudgens' racy photoshoots.
A search for a rabbit brings up a news story about a rabbit being killed by a Danish radio host.
The search results are ranked as follows: the first three results include safe sites and pages that are written specifically for kids, and the next four results feature sites that include content written in simple language.
The results appearing after that are written with adults in mind but still are filtered by Google Safe Search.
Kiddle's logo uses the same colours as Google, but replaces the traditional white background with an outer space theme, complete with a friendly robot."
I typed Google in the kindle web search then the word porn and guess what I seen... Oh well.. Think it a good idea however I really want a child friendly browser that can't be worked around so easily. The rule still stands... Don't leave your kids alone on the net
eslick
29 Feb 16#5
Seems if you use humans to filter some things get through, but I guess we all have our own thoughts of what racy is.
For parents who wish to restrict what their children can see and do on the internet, wouldn't white-listing (on your router) what you approve of be easier than playing whack-a-mole blocking what you don't?
Aside from that, I was under the impression that education rather than censorship was the way forward?
hass123 to omgpleasespamme
1 Mar 161#9
Seeing as children and pre-teens are so tech savvy these days I assume some of them know how to use VPN connections or apps to access anything they want
onex
1 Mar 161#8
Is that a contraction of kiddy and fiddle? :confused:
dreamsofubuntu
2 Mar 16#10
You can block all that from the router, router based restrictions are the way to go similar to how public wifi hotspots work, our public wifi at work prevents any kind of video streaming (as an example) and also throttles the speed of VPN connections to kb's which makes them unusable.
The best way to prevent any child from seeing and doing things you wouldn't like them doing is to only allow access to the internet in shared living spaces whilst you or another trusted adult is present.
This of course becomes more difficult with the growth in smartphones and free wifi but I do feel that things will catch up in time when more people who had unfettered access to the internet as a child have grown up and have children of their own and know how to lock down their home broadband.
omgpleasespamme
3 Mar 16#11
I'm not so tech savvy that I'm 100% sure this would work but if you don't whitelist a VPN provider how would they proceed?
Elevation
4 Mar 16#12
To be fair the internet is so f'ing sanitised these days there's very little need for this.
shudidesai
4 Mar 16#13
If they're old enough to VPN, you should be good.
sreenireddy
6 Mar 16#14
most kids who are tech savvy enough to get around all the security crap we adults put in thier way are way too advanced for us to tell them what they are allowed to see, trust me they will have already seen it. The problem is our mental hangup about what is acceptable and what is taboo, it is our own mental construct and we try to force it upon them, if they are clever enough to get round it then we cant stop them.
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Opening post
A bit about it [Sky News]
"A child-friendly search engine which bears a remarkable resemblance to Google has been launched.
Kiddle features a logo similar to that of the search giant, but it is not affiliated with it.
Instead it uses a Google Custom Search bar, which is embedded in the site, to filter out adult content.
It blocks a number of explicit search terms, plus certain celebrities which could lead to adult content being displayed - such as Pamela Anderson.
The site says: "Sites appearing in Kiddle search results satisfy family friendly requirements, as we filter sites with explicit or deceptive content."
But some celebrities currently slip through the net including some of the Kardashian clan, as well as Vanessa Hudgens' racy photoshoots.
A search for a rabbit brings up a news story about a rabbit being killed by a Danish radio host.
The search results are ranked as follows: the first three results include safe sites and pages that are written specifically for kids, and the next four results feature sites that include content written in simple language.
The results appearing after that are written with adults in mind but still are filtered by Google Safe Search.
Kiddle's logo uses the same colours as Google, but replaces the traditional white background with an outer space theme, complete with a friendly robot."
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3469244/Just-Kiddle-Child-friendly-search-engine-uses-humans-weed-adult-content-not-racy-images-blocked.html
Aside from that, I was under the impression that education rather than censorship was the way forward?
The best way to prevent any child from seeing and doing things you wouldn't like them doing is to only allow access to the internet in shared living spaces whilst you or another trusted adult is present.
This of course becomes more difficult with the growth in smartphones and free wifi but I do feel that things will catch up in time when more people who had unfettered access to the internet as a child have grown up and have children of their own and know how to lock down their home broadband.