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Case Study Kiddle

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Kiddle, a new search engine geared towards children has outraged the LGBT community by censoring certain words. Terms like "transgender" and "bisexual" are blocked from users as they are deemed inappropriate. It should be noted that while Kiddle uses the same technology, it is not affiliated with Google. LGBT COMMUNITY UNDER COMMUNIST LIKE CENSORSHIP Using Google's technology, Kiddle allows users to search in a custom search bar. The intention of this is to keep children safe. Safe from what exactly? To Kiddle, blocking words that are related to the LGBT community will keep kids from stumbling upon adult related content. However, what they are really doing is censoring children from potentially educational content. In addition, this "Google

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