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Google Complies with Law, Excludes 'controversial' Sites
YDdraig writes "To conform with some French and German laws, Google has removed listings for over 100 sites which it believes to be anti-abortion, pro-Nazi, white supremacist or anti-semitic. They're not keen to talk about it either, saying merely: 'As a matter of company policy we do not provide specific details about why or when we removed any one particular site from our index.'" Noted from Declan's articles: This is Google.de and Google.fr, and is done to be in compliance with those countries laws. Because, of course, not being able to talk about something makes it less attractive right? And drugs being illegal makes it less attractive for kids too, right? *sigh* Update: 10/24 13:55 GMT by H : Thanks to Declan for providing the linkage to his News.com original story which has more links then the ZDNet UK one.
I remember some Slashdot story. Something about the US being, oh what 17th in the world for free press? France and Germany ranked in the top 10 if memory serves (and I am only going by memory here). Guess I have a different opinion of what free press is than the enlightened lawmakers of France and Germany.
The Clash song Know Your Rights has never been more appropriate.
Wow, this actually got a score. Then maybe this gets a score too... Are you serious? What's up with that WWII crap? How many times did YOU fire your rifle? And perhaps if the US fired their rifles a little less in general it might not be all bad.
"Of course it's wrong"....
How self-centered.
Mod me as a flame or a troll if you want, but here's the standard reply to an American saying something is "wrong" based on their culture or laws.
The world is not American.
Different countries have different laws, and I applaud Google for respecting the laws of other countries, and doing so in a way that doesn't affect web searching in countries without these restrictions.
After reading the "articles" on your page, I think I'm going to have to block it out mentally. Your little Bizzaro World is screwier than an M. C. Escher.
Gamingmuseum.com: Give your 3D accelerator a rest.
You may be interested in repairing that ignorance. Here's part of the picture:
A certain General S.L.A. Marshall did unimpeachable research after WWII which determined, among other things, that out of all the American soldiers directly involved in fighting (ie. infantry) in World War II, only 15 to 20 percent of them ever fired their weapons.
It's an odd statistic, but a fascinating one. It's all in this book, which I recommend to everyone, and not just makers of half-funny "those dumb frogs" comments on slashdot.
Removing a mass of fetal matter from it's unwilling host
There is nothing unwilling about the host! People (women AND men) should not choose to have sex if they can not risk having a pregnancy. Remember, unless they were forced to have sex, they are a willing host. And just because it's legal doesn't mean it's right. I really hope that the world pulls it's head out of it's ass and realizes that legal murder is going on everywhere.
A little googling will show that there is an enormous amount of evidence that the fetus is conscious (it's own life) form fairly early in the pregnancy.
don't dismiss me as some kind of religious wacko, I am an athiest.
one last thing: I am not against womens rights, I am for fetal rights, there is an important difference.
"I'll have a Guinness, no wait, make that a Coors Light" -Grad student I work with, who shall remain anonymous...
How the HELL do you legitimize the slaughter of three million people?
I don't even think the spin doctors in the US could pull it off.
It's been a long time.