Flickr disabled safesearch-off for entire nations rather than verify ages

Evidence

Flickr designers could have instituted a checkpoint requiring users to confirm their ages. Instead, Flickr simply designed the system so that users who are visiting Flickr from, say, a German Internet Protocol (IP) address, cannot turn safesearch off. They will only ever see photos rated “moderate” or “safe,” no matter their age. — Tarleton Gillespie, Custodians of the Internet, 576

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Search engines filter porn even from users who turned safesearch off — Tarleton Gillespie, Custodians of the Internet: Platforms,…, 569; Protecting minors via IP geofencing also restricts consenting adults — Tarleton Gillespie, Custodians of the Internet: Platforms,…, 577