Bush Administration wants Google Porn Search info

[natalie]

An article at Webmasterworld says that Msn and Yahoo have already handed over this data. http://www.webmasterworld.com/forum30/32858.htm

[docholly]

It could be enough to change the 2 red states with the highest level of education being Virginia and Nevada but there's 4 more years of dumbing down Americans with Dubya controlled news. The 18 votes shared between those 2 states makes it a very close race.

Amazingly enough Las Vegas went Blue, but the rest of the state was solid red. Boggles the mind.

Google (and Yahoo) have enough money to fight this, and i'm sure the ACLU will get in too but in the meantime all they need to do is find 2 or 3 17 yr olds who've found "mommy" on the net to make their case.

[Agent]

Originally Posted by natalie

An article at Webmasterworld says that Msn and Yahoo have already handed over this data. http://www.webmasterworld.com/forum30/32858.htm

Yep, Slashdot is reporting this too. http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/01/20/018211

[DJilla]

Originally Posted by natalie

An article at Webmasterworld says that Msn and Yahoo have already handed over this data. http://www.webmasterworld.com/forum30/32858.htm

Actually MSN has released a statement and won't say one way or another whether they did or didn't (my bet is that they did) and Yahoo said they gave the info requested less IP #'s or any other identfying info.

Since I'm on a "censorship post" kick today:

Bush couldn't have picked a better opponent to go up against. Google is going to get a kick ass PR benefit out of the fight and has the deepest pockets to fight it successfully and I'm betting will win. Not only is the request outrageous on its face but its also proprietary information and will never be pried loose since they are not a party to the originating challenge to the law that is being fought. I've said it before: How the American people are not rioting in the streets over the outrageous attacks on privacy by the Bush admin. is completely beyond me.
I look around and wonder "what are you people thinking about?" Nobody seems to even remember that we're in a second war in Afghanistan, oh yeah that's right I mean a third war on drugs, oh yeah also a fourth war on terrorism worldwide, oh yeah and gearing up on Iran and half of South America too... ooops forgot about Sryia

For everybody that wants to know:

Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, Jack Perkins

Can you see a trend?
Can you say globalzation and corporate servitude?