Google accused of profiting from child porn
Via WMW comes news that Google is being sued by Jeffrey Toback, a Democratic representative in New York’s Nassau County Legislature.
According to the news
Jeffrey Toback, a politician from Nassau has accused Google of profiting from child pornography by making it an integral part of its business. Mr Toback, who is a member of the Nassau County Legislature, alleges that Google displays paid links to Web sites, which have porn involving minors.
“This case is about a multi-billion dollar company that promotes and profits from child pornography,” the complaint states. The lawsuit, filed in state Supreme Court in Mineola says that the search behemoth has made child porn a feature on its sites. However Google has denied these claims. Company Steve Langdon said in an e-mail statement to The Associated Press that Google does not condone child porn.
“When we find or are made aware of any child pornography, we remove it from our products, including our search engine,” Langdon said. “We also report it to the appropriate law enforcement officials and fully cooperate with the law enforcement community to combat child pornography.” He added Google had a SafeSearch feature on its search engine “that works to filter out adult content.” Langdon also pointed out that the Google’s AdWords sponsored links service strictly prohibits “promotion of child pornography or other non-consensual material.”
A Google representative said on Friday that
The company prohibits child pornography in its products and removes all such content whenever the company finds or is made aware of it. “We also report it to the appropriate law enforcement officials and fully cooperate with the law enforcement community to combat child pornography,” spokesman Steve Langdon said in an e-mail.
I think the suit is ridiculous in that Google isn’t really profiting with a smile. It is the technical glitches with the AdWords system that allow these sort of ads to be shown. Plus, these ads are totally against Google’s Editorial Guidelines.
Google accused of profiting from child porn
Via WMW comes news that Google is being sued by Jeffrey Toback, a Democratic representative in New York’s Nassau County Legislature.
According to the news
Jeffrey Toback, a politician from Nassau has accused Google of profiting from child pornography by making it an integral part of its business. Mr Toback, who is a member of the Nassau County Legislature, alleges that Google displays paid links to Web sites, which have porn involving minors.
“This case is about a multi-billion dollar company that promotes and profits from child pornography,” the complaint states. The lawsuit, filed in state Supreme Court in Mineola says that the search behemoth has made child porn a feature on its sites. However Google has denied these claims. Company Steve Langdon said in an e-mail statement to The Associated Press that Google does not condone child porn.
“When we find or are made aware of any child pornography, we remove it from our products, including our search engine,” Langdon said. “We also report it to the appropriate law enforcement officials and fully cooperate with the law enforcement community to combat child pornography.” He added Google had a SafeSearch feature on its search engine “that works to filter out adult content.” Langdon also pointed out that the Google’s AdWords sponsored links service strictly prohibits “promotion of child pornography or other non-consensual material.”
A Google representative said on Friday that
The company prohibits child pornography in its products and removes all such content whenever the company finds or is made aware of it. “We also report it to the appropriate law enforcement officials and fully cooperate with the law enforcement community to combat child pornography,” spokesman Steve Langdon said in an e-mail.
I think the suit is ridiculous in that Google isn’t really profiting with a smile. It is the technical glitches with the AdWords system that allow these sort of ads to be shown. Plus, these ads are totally against Google’s Editorial Guidelines.