# Why the hell is Google images censoring all my searches? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 12, 2012, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hell-is-google-images-censoring-all-my-searches/643824 "2012-12-12T13:29:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2012, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hell-is-google-images-censoring-all-my-searches/643824/1 "2012-12-12T13:29:53Z")
It used to be that you could choose three Safe Search settings: Strict, Moderate, and Off. But now when you click the main Settings drop down box or go to the Settings page, you get a single on/off check box- and Off gives you moderate safe search. My default browser is Google Chrome and yes I tried an incognito window. The kicker is that when I tried Windows Explorer I could get the original three-choice menu at first- and now I can’t! WTF??? ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2012, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hell-is-google-images-censoring-all-my-searches/643824/2 "2012-12-12T13:53:55Z")
There is [a GQ thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=675285) about this. Some answers have been provided, though they seem a bit inadequate. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2012, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hell-is-google-images-censoring-all-my-searches/643824/3 "2012-12-12T15:19:25Z")
Since there’s already a thread, and since Cafe Society isn’t the right place for it anyway, I’ll close this.