# \#closed-caption

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## [Filtering Television Profanity with 1980s Technology](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/filtering-television-profanity-with-1980s-technology/2281)

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**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\
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**Last updated:** [4 December 2022 05:09 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/filtering-television-profanity-with-1980s-technology/2281 "2022-12-04T05:09:59Z")

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The results are sometimes hilarious. Remarkably, a version of TVGuardian is still on the market, updated to send a mute signal to the television’s infrared remote input. It still relies on the closed capt…