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Google Starts Caring About Child Porn

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kirkspencer11/20/2013 10:37:30 am PST

re: #398 erik_t

Yes, I think that no country in the free world will force private-industry search engines to restrict legal content, or substantially change how we currently define legal content. You will note that all three of those countries that have actually restricted any internet content also strongly restrict content of, you know, all other types.

Do you have any other questions, or shall I go ahead and fold you a nice new hat?

There are three ways countries in the free world force private-industry search engines to restrict content. The first is to declare it illegal. The second is to declare it a threat to national security. Finally there’s the threat to public safety.

Remember 2001? Shortly after that attack the USAPATRIOT act was passed. Accompanying it was a vast spread of ‘recommendations’ to libraries that various things get removed - things like maps of public facilities and directories to ‘threat-sensitive’ offices.

Now I do think theliel has gone sideways if not hyperbolic using child porn to springboard to common information, but please don’t trash the message because of the messenger.