That became apparent when Flickr launched its German site earlier this month. The absolute number of restricted photos may be small, but users feel strongly about having access to those images. Earlier this month, Flickr slapped a "moderate" tag on the photos of sex writer Violet Blue, but the company later apologized and set the flag back to "safe" for all but a few photos. The transition from an open forum to one with user-categorized photos and SafeSearch hasn't been without controversy. "I enjoy seeing artistic nudes from different artists and professional photographers," said one user, who asked not to be identified, "but I constantly ran into people's streams that have their wife's bum and breasts and other parts exposed in a tasteless way." To include images from the other categories, users must be logged in to Flickr, and must specify these options on the Advanced Search page.įor most Flickr users, even those interested in the naughty bits, this came as a welcome change.
Users uploading content are now asked to identify their photos as "safe," "moderate" or "restricted." By default, searches on Flickr return only images that have been categorized as safe.
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