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Google beats off the government
SEARCH outfit Google has managed to tell the US government to go forth and multiply over its demands that it hand over details of keywords that its punters choose to search. US Justice Department wanted the data so it could back a Bush administration initiative to defend a federal law created to shield children from online pornography. Judge James Ware did not force the Justice Department to go away empty handed. He did order Google to hand over the addresses of 50 thousand Web sites that consumers look for through its search engine. The Justice Department would have to pay for this data and it is not particularly useful. Google says that it shows that the government did not have unrestricted power when it came to demanding data from Internet companies. This is of course different from China where Google rolled over to have its tummy tickled by the government by allowing a specially censored version of its search engine to be used. --------------------------------------------------- Please help our fight against the New World Order by giving a donation. As bandwidth costs increase, the only way we can stay online and expand is with your support. Please consider giving a monthly or one-off donation for whatever you can afford. You can pay securely by either credit card or Paypal. Click here to donate. |
