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Google Sued for Allegedly Profiting From Child Porn
skinfaxi writes "Filed in New York, Jeffrey Toback claims Google has made billions by allowing child porn and 'other obscene content' providers to use sponsored links." From the article: "The suit, which claims Google acted negligently and intentionally inflicted emotional distress on the public, requests monetary damages to be determined at trial. It also accuses Google of violating federal statutes relating to child pornography and calls for the court to order that Google cease "advertising, promoting, or distributing" child pornography through its site or otherwise providing any links to such content."
Well, that is the problem here, isn't it?
Confucius say, "Find worm in apple - bad. Find half a worm - worse."
Maybe what we need is another "hallmark holiday": Kick a money-grubbing lawyer in the balls day.
Oops ... Mr Tolback is a Democrat. How inconventient.
The more you regulate a company, the worse its products become.
Kiddie porn?
Whatever you're looking for
you can get it on eBay.
www.eBay.com
I think that you have one too many words in the subject line. Try taking out 'knee' and see what happens.
Won't somebody think of the money?!
The enemies of Democracy are
"Defendant refuses to spend a dime's worth of resources to block child pornography from reaching children" Wait...what? Kids are looking up kiddy porn?
Google Sued for Allegedly Profiting From Windows
"Filed in New York, Jeffrey Toback claims Google has made billions by allowing Windows and 'other obscene content' providers to use sponsored links." From the article: "The suit, which claims Google acted negligently and intentionally inflicted emotional distress on the public, requests monetary damages to be determined at trial. It also accuses Google of violating federal statutes relating to Windows and calls for the court to order that Google cease "advertising, promoting, or distributing" Windows through its site or otherwise providing any links to such content."
Wow...Meiselman, Denlea, Packman, Carton & Eberz managed to fit human rights in China, child pornography, and availabilty of porn to children in one sentence. A veritable trifecta of outrage.
It's actually a bit surprising that they missed terrorists.
Hey great link! Thanks!
It's not wasting time, I'm educating myself.
Google is the gateway to porn right now, and that needs to change.
OK, I'll bite.
Why?
M-
You catch enchiladas by picking them up behind the head and holding them underwater until they don't kick anymore -VeGas
Convenience and politics - whoo-hoo !
Fake news in an other dimension:
"Kleenex Sued for Allegedly Profiting From (Child) Porn!"
The suit accuses Kleenex® that the consumation of porn is made more handy by Kleenex®
Bla bla bla bla....
Grundgesetz * 23. Mai 1949 - 30. November 2007 - http://www.vorratsdatenspeicherung.de/
His wife caught him "doing some research", and now he has to cover his butt by spending thousands of dollars on a frivolous lawsuit.
Free Software: Like love, it grows best when given away.
I'm hoping the judge throws this thing out on it's (probably) meritless @$$ and doesn't waste a moment or a dime more of my taxpayer's money. And a big fine on law firm that filed the suit. Was it a slow day or something, these lawyers couldn't find something else to do?
"Got anything?"
"Nah...you?"
"Nah."
"Kiddie porn is a hot topic.."
"Yeah, and Google is everyone's favorite money maker..."
"I'm gettin' an idea...ya with me???"
"cool...."
The boiz from Brazil, if you will.
the preceding comment is my own and in no way reflects the opinion of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
I'm sorry, but it's a well known fact that reality conforms to Civ II.
It's not offtopic, dumbass. It's orthogonal.
"The suit, which claims Google acted negligently and intentionally inflicted emotional distress on the public, requests monetary damages to be determined at trial.
That seems to fit the behavior of the current administration excatly--negligence and intentional infliction of emotional distress; can we get some monetary damages from them?
Several trillion dollars might cover at least cover two of their big disasters that come to mind immediately: Iraq and debt, although there are many other items we could add.
I don't think enjoyment of getting kicked in the balls will ever catch on except with a small percentage of the S&M demographic.
Jaysyn
There is a war going on for your mind.
"to block child pornography from reaching children."
i don't think that children are the audience for this.
That's because it is better to give than to receive, numbnuts.
It's not offtopic, dumbass. It's orthogonal.
That's why you mix it up a bit. On Mondays they get kicked in the balls, Tuesday they get poked repeatedly with a sharp stick, Wednsdays, they rip hair off a random body part with very sticky tape, Thursday is honey bath followed by a visit to the local African Stinging Ant farm day, and Friday they get conjugal visits from Bubba down at the state pen.
If they're willing to put up with this, they deserve to be a politician.
Constitutional rights may be respected, repealed, or modified; but they must never be ignored.
And that sentence also works without the comma.