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Seth Finkelstein has a good, close look at some of Google's responses to censorship requests (Wall Street Journal on Google and JewWatch.com). Seth concludes:
One thing I've found, is that Google's answers about policy have to be read very carefully and skeptically. It's an interesting combination of malice and stupidity. [emphasis in original]
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Re: Google's Censorship Policies Questioned (Score: 0) by Anonymous on Friday, April 16 @ 14:57:21 EDT | Having looked at the page, we tend to agree--though the satire is so unspeakably vile, we refuse to link to it.
It turns out, further, that Google has not removed the "Chester's guide" from its search engine altogether; it comes up at the top of a search for the phrase "picking up little girls."
Ah, that last point is notable. When there's a censorship blacklisting, Google doesn't remove material, it removes references (URL's).
Err, this sounds like they agree with Google. Google isn't censoring anyone, they're simply refusing to link to them (which is, of course, within their discretion, I should hope!).
How can it be censorship if they do not remove the material? Moreover, how can they chide Google for this, when they themselves find it too vile to link to? |
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