Self-censorship of our search results

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Published on 2011-02-08T15:43:28Z Indexed on 2011/02/08 23:35 UTC
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We run a small search engine and have recently been notified of a number of hate related links in our results that would upset a significant proportion of our users. Our first instinct is to summarily remove these results, but I'm concerned that this makes us little better than the oppressive regimes that censor the web. Where does one draw the line and how might one justify removing results that we deem offensive?

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