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Justice Dept. Rejects Google's Privacy Concerns

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the who-needs-that-kind-of-pressure dept.

Philip K Dickhead writes "The Associated Press is reporting that the Justice Department rejected Google's concerns over a Bush administration demand to examine millions of its users' Internet search requests on privacy grounds. The department claims this will help revive an online child protection law that the Supreme Court has blocked, by proving that Internet filters are not strong enough to prevent children from viewing pornography online. A federal court hearing is scheduled in San Jose, California, March 13th."

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  1. Re:Wedge Issue by Valdrax · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Wow, that post was riddled with typoes.
    I really shouldn't post when groggy in the morning.

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  2. Google censoring? by sg3000 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    > Er, position that is. One week, they say "Oh, don't worry about us being in China; NO filter can
    > eliminate every thing a government doesn't want people to see!" and the next week they find
    > themselves having to admit that what's true "over there" is true "over here":

    What's true over there is apparently true over here. Not just next week; how about three articles away on Slashdot? Except, now it's not available.

    I'm confused because there was a Slashdot story from "the mysterious future" about a Register article stating that Google was censoring videos about the Iraq war, but only for people in the U.S. When I clicked on the Slashdot article to comment, I just got the error "Nothing for you to see here. Please move along."

    Did anyone else notice this?

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  3. Re:Government motives by stupidfoo · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I'll subscribe to Slashdot when I see a month without dupes, typoes, and articles the editors didn't read.

    LOL

    Try typos ;)

  4. Bill Clinton by IflyRC · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I'd rather see them go after Bill Clinton for aiding the Chinese missile program than Google for their censorship.

  5. MOD DOWN please by macdaddy · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I've read the site owner's comments on the Google vs Bush administration battle and I've come to the conclusion that he's a fucknut. Please knock this 1st-poster's comment down to -1 since it contributes nothing to this topic.