As we've gathered and released more data over time, it's become increasingly clear that the scope of government attempts to censor content on Google services has grown," wrote Google legal director Susan Infantino in a blog post.
Google, Governments t Censor Search Results In some cases, they must consider local laws and may be facing down a court order, even if complying seems like participating in censorship. Laws surrounding these issues vary by country, and the requests...
Authorities have passed laws that require web hosts to remove illegal or inappropriate content from their servers within 36 hours of notification. Recently Twitter unveiled a system which will allow the microblogging service to block out specific...
There’s no need to require American social networks, blogs, and search engines to censor the Internet or undermine the existing laws that have enabled the Web to thrive, creating millions of U.S.jobs.
There’s no need to make American social networks, blogs and search engines censor the Internet or undermine the existing laws that have enabled the Web to thrive, creating millions of U.S.jobs. Instead, Google users are greeted with the above image...
Why should looking for things on the Internet be subject to government regulation, any more than you'd expect laws on how you could do research at your local library? FTC's antitrust probe into Google, the search marketing organization SEMPO issues...
Perhaps rather than spending millions lobbying Congress and fighting a few websites or forcing search engines to censor search results, Hollywood could figure out a new, more affordable and smarter global delivery model that would render piracy...
Google decided that it was more evil in China to deprive the population of any search results than to censor some results. If Google wants to operate in India, their local branch must follow local laws.
It's also important to note that one of the ways Google decides what to censor is to look at the differences between Google.com and Google China from within China, as the New York Times explained in an excellent story back in April.
And who exactly is giving Google its marching orders on stuff to censor? Heck, Google was rapped in US congressional hearings last week about bending to China laws. Does a business operating in China need to constantly tell customers that it's...
is back online with new text that says Google's policy is not to censor but it some cases due to, "local laws, regulations, or policies" they may censor. As of this moment (3pm) the Google Help Center page titled, "Does Google censor search results?
After all, when Google chose to censor Google News in China, we were told that it was less than two percent of the sources out there. In France and Germany there are Nazi material laws. I talked with him a bit about this today and actually found...
In other words, if you have to censor certain words, can't you insert something like But I assume that some way, some how, they have no ability to appeal the decision of what to censor. Search engines: Search engines would not be allowed to...
Back to web search results, while Google hasn't said it does any censoring for China, it does (as do other search engines) censor web search results in various countries because of national laws. Got To Censor Search Listings?
Got To Censor Search Listings? In Canada, Google tells me local laws have required that the site not be shown. That is, if you use Google UK. Do the same exact search on Google.com, and the biography currently ranks fifth.
Got To Censor Search Listings? The sites are all removed due to national laws in those countries, I believe. Google Blogoscope updates sites previously identified as censored by Google in Germany and France in its
To Censor Search Listings? Google, like other companies, has to follow the laws of the countries where it operates in. China's Google Block Sparks Media Group's Protest from InternetNews.com (spotted via Search Engine Guide) brings confirmation...
Why not at least show that something was omitted, in the way that Google already disclosures of data omitted in response to US laws. People might not like that Google (and other search engines) may have to omit material in response to national laws.
One of the key architects of the Internet is calling for users to exercise 'due diligence' to assure that governments do not censor information for political purposes. Google's cached pages is a great feature, but is it legal under copyright laws?
Google's response is that it has had to remove certain sites to comply with local laws, not out of any desire to censor results according to its own viewpoints. It is common for search engines to remove websites from their indices to abide by local...
