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==Internet obscenity filters== {{main|Scunthorpe problem}} In 1996 there was controversy when [[AOL]]'s [[obscenity]] filter (among others) refused to accept the name of the town due to its embedded word '[[cunt]]'. Some online forums such as [[Ultimate Guitar]] forums displayed the name as Scumthorpe, while [[Fark]] would display it as Scoonthorpe. This form of censorship overreach is known in the computing world as the [[Scunthorpe problem]].
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