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Google sued by Justice Department.
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Google Sued by U.S. Over Access to Pornography Data (Update2)

Jan. 19 (Bloomberg) -- Google Inc., the most-used Internet search engine, was sued by the Justice Department after it refused to turn over information that may help the government monitor sexually explicit material on the Web.

A motion to compel compliance with a subpoena, filed yesterday in federal court in San Jose, California, said the government seeks the data to enforce the Child Online Protection Act, designed to protect minors from pornography. A challenge to the law is being reviewed by the U.S. Supreme Court.

The Justice Department said it asked for all Google queries for a week and for 1 million Internet addresses in the company's database. According to the lawsuit, other search engines have complied with similar requests, ``and have not reported that they encountered any difficulty or burden in doing so.''

``We had lengthy discussions with them to try to resolve this, but were not able to and we intend to resist their motion vigorously.'' Nicole Wong, a Google lawyer, said in a statement. Wong said the demand for information ``over-reaches.''

The information would ``assist the government in its efforts to understand the behavior of current Web users, to estimate how often Web users encounter harmful-to-minors material in the course of their searches, and to measure the effectiveness of filtering software in screening that material,'' the government's filing said.

Yahoo

Mary Osako, a spokeswoman for Sunnyvale, California-based Yahoo! Inc., said the company complied with the government inquiry on a ``limited basis,'' and didn't give the U.S. ``any personally identifiable information.''

``We are rigorous defenders of our users' privacy,'' Osako said. ``We did not provide any personal information in response to the Department of Justice's subpoena. In our opinion this is not a privacy issue.''

Ask Jeeves, an Internet search engine owned by IAC/InterActiveCorp, has not received any requests from the government, spokesman Patrick Crisp said.

Justice Department spokesman Charles Miller declined to immediately respond to questions about the lawsuit.

ACLU Challenge

The American Civil Liberties Union and other privacy rights organizations successfully sued to block enforcement of the Child Online Protection Act after it was signed into law in 1998, according government's lawsuit. The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear the case after a federal appeals court twice upheld challenges to the Act on grounds it violates First Amendment free speech protections, the lawsuit said.

Google objected to the government's subpoena, saying it would reveal trade secrets by providing the data and disclose personally identifiable information about its users. In response, the government said it would keep the data secret and that the request wasn't for personal information.

Shares of Google fell $8.46, or 1.9 percent, to $436.45 in Nasdaq Stock Market composite trading. They've risen 5.2 percent this year.

The case is Gonzales v. Google Inc., 5:06-mc-80006, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California (San Jose).



http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000087&sid=arCWSKEPoJaE&refer=top_world_news

Just another example of the Government taking away our rights so they can "protect us". :whatever:

I hope Google can hold its ground. :thumbup:

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Re: Google sued by Justice Department. [Re: VoidOfsPg]
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But we have to do it! We MUST protect our children! Think about the kids for christ's sake!!

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Re: Google sued by Justice Department. [Re: DNKYD]
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Well if it's for the kids... US Justice Dept all the way! :rolleyes:

They seem to be forgetting that there is software out there that can block things like that for us. The government doesn't need to get involved.

The government doesn't need to play mommy and daddy for us, mommy and daddy need to.

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Re: Google sued by Justice Department. [Re: VoidOfsPg]
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And everyone was freaking out about Gmail turning over our information to the government.

Never thought I'd say it, but good fucking job to google.

And fuck all the "other sites" that helped feed the bullshit. Yahoo, I expected better from you.


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Re: Google sued by Justice Department. [Re: VoidOfsPg]
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It's all part of the plan. Go to your local library and check out the book Behold: A Pale Horse. Written by an ex-CIA agent who mysteriously "committed suicide". He even wrote a little thing in his book saying if he was reported to have committed suicide to expect that it wasn't, and it was foul play on the part of those who didn't want his information to be shared.

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Re: Google sued by Justice Department. [Re: DNKYD]
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He was probably devoted to his cause enough to kill himself in hopes that people would learn to stop trusting the fucking CIA.


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Re: Google sued by Justice Department. [Re: Koala Koolio]
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Yeah, that's probably it. If I had led a great life, had a nice family, authored a great book, and wanted to get my message out.... fuck it, the best thing I could do is kill myself and act as a martyr for the cause!

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Re: Google sued by Justice Department. [Re: VoidOfsPg]
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I have guns for protection, mostly from my new daddy GW Bush & Co.

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Re: Google sued by Justice Department. [Re: VoidOfsPg]
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google doesn't make porn

make all the porn sites have adult check...

its not google's problem what people post...

the government are assholes looking for bullshit

this is probably on the bottom end of the list of what our gov. should be doing...

i mean c'mon.. they're dumber than fucking tweakers...


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Re: Google sued by Justice Department. [Re: DNKYD]
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DNKYD said:
Yeah, that's probably it. If I had led a great life, had a nice family, authored a great book, and wanted to get my message out.... fuck it, the best thing I could do is kill myself and act as a martyr for the cause!



Yeah, and if I didn't have a wife and some kids I'd make sure to go get some before pulling the trigger. Wins sympathy points and makes it more believable.


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Re: Google sued by Justice Department. [Re: Original]
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It's not even on the list of things our government should be doing:

Quote:
Section 8 - Powers of Congress

The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;

To borrow money on the credit of the United States;

To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes;

To establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization, and uniform Laws on the subject of Bankruptcies throughout the United States;

To coin Money, regulate the Value thereof, and of foreign Coin, and fix the Standard of Weights and Measures;

To provide for the Punishment of counterfeiting the Securities and current Coin of the United States;

To establish Post Offices and Post Roads;

To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries;

To constitute Tribunals inferior to the supreme Court;

To define and punish Piracies and Felonies committed on the high Seas, and Offenses against the Law of Nations;

To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water;

To raise and support Armies, but no Appropriation of Money to that Use shall be for a longer Term than two Years;

To provide and maintain a Navy;

To make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces;

To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions;

To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining the Militia, and for governing such Part of them as may be employed in the Service of the United States, reserving to the States respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress;

To exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatsoever, over such District (not exceeding ten Miles square) as may, by Cession of particular States, and the acceptance of Congress, become the Seat of the Government of the United States, and to exercise like Authority over all Places purchased by the Consent of the Legislature of the State in which the Same shall be, for the Erection of Forts, Magazines, Arsenals, dock-Yards, and other needful Buildings; And

To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.





If they'd stick with the plan we'd be much better off as a country.

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Re: Google sued by Justice Department. [Re: Original]
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where onemorerobot when you need him :wink:
this shit is crazy, i guess google is getting sued.


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Re: Google sued by Justice Department. [Re: RemainRandom50]
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unbelievable.

war on drugs, war on terror, war on porn, war on drugs....war on privacy...
the wheel keeps spinning.

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Re: Google sued by Justice Department. [Re: creamrocks]
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Our country has an affinity for declaring impossible wars.

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Re: Google sued by Justice Department. [Re: creamrocks]
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I say we decalre war on our superficial government. :headbanger:

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Re: Google sued by Justice Department. [Re: VoidOfsPg]
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:rockon:

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Re: Google sued by Justice Department. [Re: creamrocks]
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LETS GO GOOGLE LETS GO

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Re: Google sued by Justice Department. [Re: lysergicide]
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::clap clap::

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Re: Google sued by Justice Department. [Re: VoidOfsPg]
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vote republican then.


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Re: Google sued by Justice Department. [Re: QuantumMeltdown]
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:hotidea:

Or I can just sit here, smoke pot, and bitch about everything that I can't change.

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