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The problem was named after an incident in 1996 in which [[AOL]]'s dirty-word filter prevented residents from the town of [[Scunthorpe]], [[North Lincolnshire]], [[England]] from creating accounts with AOL, because the town's name contains the [[substring]] ''[[cunt]]''. Years later, [[Google]]'s filters apparently made the same mistake, preventing residents from searching for local businesses that included ''Scunthorpe'' in their names. Residents of [[Penistone]], [[South Yorkshire]], experienced problems because the town's name includes the substring ''[[penis]]'', while [[Lightwater]] in [[Surrey]] suffered similarly because its name contains the substring ''[[twat]]''. Gareth Roelofse, the designer of the website RomansInSussex.co.uk, noted: "We found many library Net stations, school networks and Internet cafes block sites with the word 'sex' in" the ___domain name. This was a challenge for RomansInSussex.co.uk because its target audience is school children." <ref>[http://news.com.com/2100-1032_3-5198125.html Google's chastity belt too tight] CNET article on the Scunthorpe Problem.</ref>
Problems can also occur with the words ''[[socialism]]'' or ''[[socialist]]'' because they contain the substring ''[[Cialis]]'', the brand name for an [[erectile dysfunction]] medication commonly advertised in [[spam (electronic)|spam]] e-mails. A similar problem can occur with the word ''specialist'', typically blocking mailed [[resume
==Other examples==
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