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		What the D***ens is going on here? Virgin Media gets overzealous and censors TV listings deemed offensive. And you thought Fark's filter was tough (w/photos of censored items) (dailymail.co.uk)		50
		More: Asinine, Virgin Media, The Brit Awards, Jarvis Cocker, golden age, Britpop, Alfred Hitchcock, Will Smith, TV listings

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Mentat

2011-12-20 01:52:17 AM

Is D**k Clark doing the New Year's show this year?

FirstNationalBastard

2011-12-20 01:54:14 AM

So, we're one step closer to having the "Penis Van Lesbian Show"?

Somacandra

2011-12-20 01:58:47 AM

And here I thought Will Smith was the black man that everyone at work could agree on.

GAT_00

2011-12-20 02:03:43 AM

Automatic filters, how the fark do they work?

Bathia_Mapes

2011-12-20 02:11:36 AM

GAT_00: Automatic filters, how the fark do they work?

Except they weren't supposed to filter out a person's name or movie title because it contained words like "arse", "cock" and "dick".

FTA...The over-zealous behaviour is in fact the result of computer glitch, in which the software which automatically filters out offensive language has accidentally included perfectly innocuous words as well.

Paris1127

2011-12-20 02:34:13 AM

Not the worst I've seen...
webmanario.files.wordpress.com

FirstNationalBastard

2011-12-20 02:50:05 AM

Paris1127: Not the worst I've seen...
[webmanario.files.wordpress.com image 495x274]

Did he defeat a tired Penis?

Mike_LowELL

2011-12-20 05:50:59 AM

I don't see the problem with this. I wish the government would filter the entire internet. Too many spammers and trolls here. They use bad language because they think it is funny but the reality is that bad language is wrong. I will give you an example. I was playing League of Legends the other day on ThePirateBay Entertainment System. I was deliberately griefing my teammates and having a great time doing it. Then suddenly, someone says "You are a farking asshole!" I was stunned by this outburst of behavior. Why should he be able to use that kind of language on the internet? I was playing for fun, unlike that nerd who was playing to win. Hilarious. Video games are such a waste of time. They should ban those, too. Too many griefers and spammers and trolls in online video games today. Except for Call of Duty. That is an incredible first-person shooter.

Sid_6.7

2011-12-20 07:17:09 AM

Mike_LowELL: Except for Call of Duty. That is an incredible first-person shooter.

Exactly. Call of Duty is the Twilight of video games: flawless and beyond reproach.

Archie Goodwin

2011-12-20 07:54:51 AM

Virgin Media: A bunch of cunning stunts.

Filter that!

abhorrent1

2011-12-20 08:01:50 AM

Ha Ha, Anals!

Wellon Dowd

2011-12-20 09:40:22 AM

Fark doesn't like the title of my favorite film, which tells the story of a parsimonious gentlemen from Lagos, The nubianrdly Nigerian.

The Slush

2011-12-20 09:44:27 AM

Arkanaut

2011-12-20 09:49:30 AM

Also, they capitalized the "C" in both "HitchCock" and "HanCock", for some reason.

/Gotta respect the c***

Zik-Zak

2011-12-20 09:53:49 AM

B*M
B*TTY
P*X
KN*CKERS
KN*CKERS
W**-W**
SEMPRINI

PizzaJedi81

2011-12-20 09:55:31 AM

Zik-Zak: SEMPRINI

What a tinny word.

LewDux

2011-12-20 09:56:00 AM

There's armed buttailant then we need one?

xanadian

2011-12-20 09:56:41 AM

IT SAYS "ANAL"!!! HEEHEEHEEHEEHEEHEEHEE!!1!

PizzaJedi81

2011-12-20 09:56:52 AM

This story makes me wish Goerge Carlin were alive, just to see what his take would be.

timswar

2011-12-20 09:56:57 AM

I can't wait for the next season of Sherlock starring Bened**t C**berbatch!

xanadian

2011-12-20 09:58:37 AM

Arkanaut: Also, they capitalized the "C" in both "HitchCock" and "HanCock", for some reason.

/Gotta respect the c***

It's a capital cock, mate. Pip pip, what what.

scottydoesntknow

2011-12-20 09:58:40 AM

xanadian: [i.dailymail.co.uk image 634x286]

IT SAYS "ANAL"!!! HEEHEEHEEHEEHEEHEEHEE!!1!

Now whenever I see that word I'm gonna pronounce it as kane-als.

Fluorescent Testicle

2011-12-20 10:03:17 AM

What a clbuttic.

jaggspb

2011-12-20 10:04:24 AM

Somacandra: [i.imgur.com image 468x286]

And here I thought Will Smith was the black man that everyone at work could agree on.

You would think that they'd be trying to filter Hancouck.

/Favourites

forteblast

2011-12-20 10:05:06 AM

First thing I thought of:

masonymelissa.files.wordpress.com

Wellon Dowd

2011-12-20 10:08:17 AM

Leave it to ~~Beaver~~ a Large, Nocturnal, Semi-Aquatic Rodent

Stile4aly

2011-12-20 10:12:58 AM

Arkanaut: Also, they capitalized the "C" in both "HitchCock" and "HanCock", for some reason.

/Gotta respect the c***

Respect the c*** and tame the S***horpe.

PizzaJedi81

2011-12-20 10:16:37 AM

Wellon Dowd: Leave it to Beaver a Large, Nocturnal, Semi-Aquatic Rodent

Perry the Platypus?

karnal

2011-12-20 10:17:01 AM

FirstNationalBastard

So, we're one step closer to having the "Penis Van Lesbian Show"?

We already do - it is called The Ellen DeGeneres Show

Donnchadha

2011-12-20 10:29:11 AM

Did they censor "virgin" too?

Flint Ironstag

2011-12-20 10:42:20 AM

/NTTAWWT

beta_plus

2011-12-20 10:45:16 AM

My favorite fark filter pwnage is when people talk about grad school.

BOOBIES University is where I wish I was an alum.

Grandemadaca

2011-12-20 11:00:52 AM

Reminds me of back when my kids were just starting to use the computer. I put on some crappy filter software. Suddenly I couldn't access my bank account. What could possibly be wrong with milfordbank.com?????

zipdog

2011-12-20 11:12:58 AM

That's a biatchildish of them.

SickAsAParrot

2011-12-20 11:32:07 AM

I noticed this over the weekend but for some reason it didn't strike me as being unusual. Too much time spent on SFW message boards methinks.

RedT

2011-12-20 11:42:22 AM

seems appropriate, so I'll just leave this here (new window)

Trocadero

2011-12-20 11:56:38 AM

cefm

2011-12-20 12:20:03 PM

Better headline: "Virgin gets tight"

jdog71

2011-12-20 12:28:38 PM

Flint Ironstag: [img560.imageshack.us image 500x487]

/NTTAWWT

i178.photobucket.com

xanadian

2011-12-20 12:29:45 PM

Trocadero: arsenalfcblog.com

I'M POOPING!!1

The Great Gazoo

2011-12-20 12:31:22 PM

Bathia_Mapes: GAT_00: Automatic filters, how the fark do they work?

Except they weren't supposed to filter out a person's name or movie title because it contained words like "arse", "cock" and "dick".

FTA...The over-zealous behaviour is in fact the result of computer glitch, in which the software which automatically filters out offensive language has accidentally included perfectly innocuous words as well.

Isn't telling the difference between innocuous words vs. real words that need filtering taught in Automatic Filtering 101?

Rose McGowan Loveslave

2011-12-20 12:42:01 PM

What a silly Bunt!

BigMamaBlueberry

2011-12-20 01:24:12 PM

My favorite will always be the classic:

President Abraham Lincoln was buttbuttinated by an armed buttailant after a life devoted to the reform of the US consbreastution."

BlackArt

2011-12-20 01:28:08 PM

Wasn't this predicted by an episode of Max Headroom?

Detinwolf

2011-12-20 02:12:46 PM

I know a server that censors "Jew."

Someone tell those Jews that they are highly offensive.

Ed Finnerty

2011-12-20 04:33:00 PM

What a bunch of rudy-poos.

Apos

2011-12-20 07:12:25 PM

Grandemadaca: Reminds me of back when my kids were just starting to use the computer. I put on some crappy filter software. Suddenly I couldn't access my bank account. What could possibly be wrong with milfordbank.com?????

If your bank had been named Comely Mother Ord Bankit wouldn't have been an issue,as patently absurd as that sounds...

06Wahoo

2011-12-20 08:38:44 PM

forteblast: First thing I thought of:

[masonymelissa.files.wordpress.com image 582x368]

This.

zipperlip

2011-12-21 08:04:30 AM

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wambu

2011-12-21 10:52:10 PM

Bathia_Mapes: GAT_00: Automatic filters, how the fark do they work?

Except they weren't supposed to filter out a person's name or movie title because it contained words like "arse", "cock" and "dick".

FTA...The over-zealous behaviour is in fact the result of computer glitch, in which the poorly written and sloppily de-bugged software coded by first-class farktards which automatically filters out offensive language has accidentally included perfectly innocuous words as well.

FTFY, now humourous and correct.

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