The most obvious solution for users would be to use a URL shortening service like TinyURL when sending FilesTube links. However, this is a difficult argument to make as a) It seems like its only FilesTube that’s been targeted and b) FilesTube is a meta-search engine and doesn’t actually host its own material – there are far worse sites out there when it comes to piracy.Īpart from the questions this incident raises over privacy, auto-deleting certain terms also doesn’t seem like a particularly effective way of stopping users exchanging links from certain sites. Some users may be outraged at what they see as outright censorship but it could be argued that Yahoo! are merely “pre-empting” any risk of them being accused of facilitating privacy in the future. In their own tests sending FilesTube links to their contacts, they claim they had no problems in getting them through. TorrentFreak however claim that the auto-deletion appears to be applied randomly. DMCA requests to remove searches related to copyrighted material.Īt Softonic, we did our own little test and sure enough, we found that links to FilesTube were not being received in IM chats: FilesTube is a Polish operated meta-search engine which doesn’t actually host its own material and according to TorrentFreak, even honors U.S.

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