{"id":344,"date":"2021-11-12T14:57:05","date_gmt":"2021-11-12T14:57:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/?p=344"},"modified":"2025-07-17T10:02:22","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T09:02:22","password":"","slug":"how-to-enable-safe-search","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/tech-tips\/how-to-enable-safe-search\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Enable &#8216;Safe Search&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<h2>How to Enable &#8216;Safe Search&#8217;<\/h2>\r\n<p class=\"text-subtitle2 q-pb-sm\">Configuration section for the Search Access module.<\/p>\r\n<div>\r\n<div class=\"q-mb-md\">\r\n<div class=\"q-banner row items-center bg-secondary-1 radius-25 full-width q-mb-md\" role=\"alert\" data-v-f7c5e938=\"\">\r\n<div class=\"q-banner__content col text-body2\">\r\n<div class=\"flex no-wrap q-py-sm items-center\" data-v-f7c5e938=\"\">\r\n<div>\r\n<div class=\"q-py-xs\">This module is responsible for filtering out explicit content from search results (including images). When options are not enabled browser default or a user&#8217;s personal are used.<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"q-pt-xs\">Note that it may take a while for settings to propagate to extensions.<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/products\/gat-shield\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">GAT Shield<\/a> supports this &#8216;<strong>Search Access&#8217;<\/strong> feature that allows Admins to enable <strong>Safe and Image Safe Search\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/websearch\/answer\/510?co=GENIE.Platform%3DDesktop&amp;hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&#8216;Safe<strong> search&#8217; <\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\r\n<p>SafeSearch helps you manage explicit content in your search results.<\/p>\r\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14099\" src=\"https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2025-07-17-11_57_07-Shield.png\" alt=\"In the search access module you can enable Safe search for images and content - filter content from search results click on the checkmars for each to enable them - below fitler iamges from search result - a pop field will be displayed select it and pick any of the options avaliable in the scope you can select what users to be affected by the safe search filters\" width=\"1909\" height=\"802\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2025-07-17-11_57_07-Shield.png 1909w, https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2025-07-17-11_57_07-Shield-300x126.png 300w, https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2025-07-17-11_57_07-Shield-1024x430.png 1024w, https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2025-07-17-11_57_07-Shield-768x323.png 768w, https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2025-07-17-11_57_07-Shield-1536x645.png 1536w, https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2025-07-17-11_57_07-Shield-360x151.png 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1909px) 100vw, 1909px\" \/><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h3><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/websearch\/answer\/29508\">Image<\/a><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/websearch\/answer\/29508\"> Saf<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/websearch\/answer\/29508\">e<\/a><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/websearch\/answer\/29508\"> Search<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\r\n<p>The image safe search can be applied with different options to be selected<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li>&#8216;not filtered by license&#8217;<\/li>\r\n<li>&#8216;labeled for reuse&#8217;<\/li>\r\n<li>&#8216;labeled for reuse with modification<\/li>\r\n<li>labeled for noncommercial reuse with modification<\/li>\r\n<li>&#8216;labeled for noncommercial reuse.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h3>Scope<\/h3>\r\n<p>Select which users will be affected by this Safe Search policy.<\/p>\r\n<p>You can select a user, a group, or an org unit of users, or all users<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to Enable &#8216;Safe Search&#8217; Configuration section for the Search Access module. 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