Easy on those searches, boys.

[URL="http://news360.com/#object/199806"]SAN FRANCISCO

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— U.S. authorities are leading the charge as governments around the world pepper Google with more demands to remove online content and turn over information about people using its Internet search engine, YouTube video site and other services.

Google Inc. provided a glimpse at the onslaught of government requests in a summary posted on its website late Sunday. The breakdown covers the final six months of last year. It’s the fifth time that Google has released a six-month snapshot of government requests since the company engaged in a high-profile battle over online censorship with China’s communist leadership in 2010.

The country-by-country capsule illustrates the pressure Google faces as it tries to obey the disparate laws in various countries while trying to uphold its commitment to free expression and protect the sanctity of its more than 1 billion users’ personal information...

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S&W4ME said:

I dont get it

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Didley said:

Search history... government wants those records along with other information google gets when you use it.

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Didley said:

Search history... government wants those records along with other information google gets when you use it.

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W1nds0rF0x said:

No, not exactly....

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Didley said:

Well, then... what exactly?



This was mainly just to laugh at the fact that the government may one day know just how sexually depraved we all are :P

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W1nds0rF0x said:

It has more to do with governments wanting things hidden in *their* country and with people like myself having things removed. Where the "what did that person search for" comes in is in criminal cases. I'll be part of one of those too most likely in the future.

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Emperor said:

Whatever the case may be; just make sure when the first clear cut case of unconstitutional persecution arises from internet searches on a privately owned computer you all are there to shout it down! And shout it down loudly!

My hunch would be they (Democrats more likely), would use the data to smear or silence political opponents.

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Didley said:

I fear this is why I can never run for president. I would lose the woman vote for sure.

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