Apple’s iOS 10 is a rather great update for their iPhone range, aside from the troubled few that are finding their devices bricked after download. Those that do manage to get through (like myself and most people I know) will have a host of new features to meddle with. One of those is the new keyboard, which now allows users to search for GIFS using keywords. Although you might want to be very careful with what your search term is.
Reported by Deadspin and then verified by The Verge, it seems that while Apple has tried to keep explicit content out of their new GIF search, although some keywords are still throwing up some alarming NSFW results. Deadspin found that searching the word “butt” brought up a ridiculously sexual GIF of My Little Pony, while The Verge received word from a consumer that a search for the word “huge” introduced her 8-year-old daughter to a woman performing oral sex on a “well endowed male.”
These were all part of the default library of GIFs available through iOS 10, much to a parent’s horror. Tassie Bethany spoke to The Verge about the ordeal.
“I see the image come up like, holy shit, whoa whoa whoa, that’s a hardcore porn image. I grabbed the phone from her immediately. She typed in the word ‘huge,’ which isn’t sexual in any nature. It’s just a word, not like butt or anything else.”
Since then Apple has removed results for both search terms, but it’s clear that some might still allow this sort of content through still. It means Apple will need to really fine comb their default library to avoid even more incidents of this, which just stacks onto the growing pile of fixes iOS 10 needs.
But hey – at least the phone isn’t exploding when you try charge it, right?
Last Updated: September 16, 2016
Original Heretic
September 16, 2016 at 09:41
This is every parent’s nightmare.
??????? ????? ™
September 16, 2016 at 09:42
This is horrible. Just HOW do you explain that to a little girl?
FOR SHAME!!!!!
miaau
September 16, 2016 at 10:22
With great care and difficulty, I imagine. I honestly have no idea. I hope I never have to find out, but I think that is naive thinking. Tricky.
I prefer to tell the truth and explain things properly, but there are some things, like the “huge” picture, that I just cannot see how to explain to an 8 year old in a way that does not lead to problems.
Screw the internet, kids off it now.
Dane
September 16, 2016 at 09:42
Oh, touche.. 😛
What do you mean by default library? Do they have their own db full of GIFs or does it just pull from certain sites? If it’s from their own approved range of content then that’s pretty rough. Otherwise, it’s quite understandable that they can’t control the internet even to the extent of image searches.
Alien Emperor Trevor
September 16, 2016 at 10:03
Or maybe thanks to the search results… it… is exploding.
HvR
September 16, 2016 at 11:02
The horror imagine just harmlessly working on your phone and then suddenly Geoff porn pops up.
The Order of the Banana
September 16, 2016 at 11:14
Geoff porn….? The horror! :0
Raptor Rants
September 16, 2016 at 11:37
People relax. At least it’s not bringing up images of Darryn