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There's sometin' unsettling about that.

I couldn't figure it out either.
Why didn't they simply do a search for "naked women"?
Unless of course what they really want is a list of the 50 million American men who look at such sights.

And since I often have to look at "adult sites" for work, what would they think of me.

Really, with all the currently problems in the world, don't we all agree that DOJ resources are better spent on pretty much everything else.

(by the way, I loved the link...except that the prude was named "Kate." I take issue)

Bwahahaha! Thanks Jane :-)

More seriously, how scary is it that Google appears to be the only search company asked for that data that stood up for sanity and told the DOJ no?

Well, once again it sucks to have dial-up.

Uh, Jane? What were you looking for when you found that video?

Jane, I think this is the link you meant to put up:

http://forporn.ytmnsfw.com/

Also, to Raw Data Complex:

50 million? That number sounds waaaaay low.

As I understand it, they're looking for people that were searching for child pornography. Yes, there are other large problems in the world, but ending the sexual abuse of children is pretty high up on my list.

Well, your understanding isn't very good. COPA's intent is to prevent children from viewing pornography. It does not involve child pornography.

The DoJ is trying to prove that COPA is constitutional, and have asked to see all searches for a particular period of time. Their goal is to prove that COPA would be more effective than software filters. Google is contesting it for a number of reasons, with the first being their request has no relevance to their objective.

Thanks for clarifying that, since children viewing adult porn is very different from child porn, and the justification for government involvement is far lower.

For better or for worse, Yahoo is being consistent. Yahoo handed over records to the Chinese Communist Party that led to a journalist being sentenced to ten years in prison. The reporter had forwarded a routine list from the Chinese government telling reporters which stories should not be reported. This particular communication was about not reporting the 15th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre.

So, at least Yahoo is being consistent and will apparently roll over for any government, under any circumstances.

Hey! As a gamer, I take offense-- Orcs are NOT mosters! That's Alliance bias. Horde FTW!!!!!

/geek

Would the DOJ be able to use Google's data on search inquiries to lead to individual arrests? Aside from people who use Google with a personalized homepage and a user login, do authorities actually have the capabilities to link IP addresses with actual physical addresses? I haven't read this anywhere as of yet.

Just a random little tidbit--I believe that song is from the Broadway musical "Avenue Q." Interesting that someone thought to put it to animation from a game.

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