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Excerpt: How does Google decide what is suitable for general audience viewing. The opposite problem is also encountered, how do images that are not linked with adult subjects make it into the Google images only when safe-search is turned off? Matt Cutts worked on Safesearch. It is an algorithmic process. From the Google blog: Google’s filter uses advanced proprietary technology that checks keywords and phrases, URLs and Open Directory categories. It is likely that factors used in SafeSearch would also be useful in determining what is defined to be an explicit image? Despite the advances…