DoJ search requests: Google said no; Yahoo, AOL, MSN yes.

January 20th, 2006 Posted in Politics |

From Boing-Boing:

“Earlier today, I asked a Justice Department spokesperson which search engines other than Google received requests to provide search records. The answer: Yahoo, AOL, and MSN were also asked to supply search records information, and all complied. Google did not, and that is why the DoJ asked a federal judge on Wednesday to order the company to do so.

Another fact to consider as you sift through news coverage: Justice is not requesting this data in the course of a criminal investigation, but in order to defend its argument that the Child Online Protection Act is constitutionally sound.”

I strongly recommend everyone to boycott AOL, MSN and Yahoo search, unless of course you like your private porn searches being turned over to the goverment…

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