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- ksgant, on 10/12/2007, -1/+126From the article:
"Toback, self-described as 'not the most computer-literate guy'... "
That pretty much says it all, doesn't it? - FullMetalMonkey, on 10/12/2007, -5/+86Isn't 'searching for porn' the main reason people search on the Internet?
- sporkwitch, on 10/12/2007, -1/+79The filters on google aren't to protect kids, they're to protect you from seeing something you weren't looking for. For instance, with filtering on, when you punch in "leather" you might not want to see a woman with a riding crop being taken to some dude with a ball-gag. That's what the filters keep out. But if you punch in "gay porn" you're going to get gay porn, because it's clearly what you WANTED to find on your search. What you're saying is hardly an argument for a lawsuit. "Google found what I put a search string in for, I'm suing" is as bad as joining the boxing team and trying to charge your opponent with assault.
- ChoadNamath, on 10/12/2007, -3/+79What a ***** idiot. As a resident of Nassau County, I apologize on this mongoloid's behalf.
- DDRSkata, on 10/12/2007, -2/+62*sings*
The internet is for porn...the internet is for porn...so grab your dick and double-click for porn, porn, porn. - griz, on 10/12/2007, -0/+53Better yet, sue them for making pencils that can be used to draw porn.
- TrueVox, on 10/12/2007, -1/+44As a resident of The Rest of The World, I accept your/his appoligy, on the condition that some kick him in the cajones.
- n00854180t, on 10/12/2007, -0/+41I'm going to sue Mead for manufacturing pencils that can be used to stab people. Brilliant logic!
- danieltko, on 10/12/2007, -0/+30Google is a source of everything. Porn just happens to be a subset of everything.
- CaptainSir, on 10/12/2007, -1/+26Hey kids ... he’s a politician ... wonder when's is Nassau’s next election is ... it’s a charade just like the DMCA; just like all the little things they do to get free press. He gets 15 mins of fame, Google gets 10 months of harassment, we get something to talk about and the loads of b hit keep on coming ... that said… This guy’s a moron … you complain about filters and then don’t know if you have any on your computer at home … stupid people annoy me.
- JoeRandom, on 10/12/2007, -0/+22"He said he didn't know if the computers in his home have commercial filtering software that blocks pornography and other material unsuitable for children."
If you can't answer this question you are not allowed to sue a web company. - deepsub, on 10/12/2007, -2/+21"Toback, self-described as 'not the most computer-literate guy'"
n00b scared!
n00b throw rocks!
n00b SMASH! - PepeGSay, on 10/12/2007, -0/+18pencils that draw porn? Isn't that like the ESRB rerating Oblivion because you can modify the game and add nudity?
- warcry, on 10/12/2007, -4/+22Turn on Safe Search.
- vypergts, on 10/12/2007, -1/+18Actually, you should sue CVS or whoever provided you access to the pencils, as opposed to the pencil manufacturer, if you really wanted to be like this guy...
- dtfinch, on 10/12/2007, -0/+17Google can't stop kids from finding porn elsewhere, nor can they detect who's a kid, and safesearch is on by default.
People with this sort of destructive anti-freedom personality won't be satisfied as long as there's porn online. If adults can find porn, then children can find porn.
EDIT: scrolling down, I see that the suit is more about child pornography. That changes things a bit, but I doubt Google is actively promoting such material. - PantherX, on 10/12/2007, -0/+15Election Year *****.
- DoubtfulSalmon, on 10/12/2007, -2/+17If digg can be used to help report the opinions of morons, which is a heinous crime, then they are guilty of aiding and abetting. digg needs to purge their indexes of the garbage, or face... well, much laughter and ridicule in their general direction!
- CornStarch, on 10/12/2007, -1/+15I hate that this is happening but I dugg because people need to know what they're up against now that technology has reached the doorsteps of the mentally impaired.
- sporkwitch, on 10/12/2007, -0/+13Do you understand how metaspiders and such work? They're little automated scripts that crawl the web and decide how relevant a site is to searches. This is how a site gets indexed by google. "You mean they don't have people manually surfing the web and inpecting every site they find to decide relevency?" That's right! I'd be willing to bet that the only time a human being actually looks at those indexes is if there's a problem, or they want to make it LOOK like they're doing work, while nursing last night's hangover.
So no, it's not google's fault. If anything, they should be praised, seeing as it's a testament to how powerful their search engine and metaspiders are, to be able to find what I would assume to be sites almost as well hidden as the core warez sites. - DoubtfulSalmon, on 10/12/2007, -0/+13FTA: Google spokesman Steve Langdon said in a statement: "Hahaha! Ha ha ha! HAHA! This cracks me up! Ha HA HAAAAAHAHA!"
- DoubtfulSalmon, on 10/12/2007, -2/+14Got it in one my friend, got it in one!
- templest, on 10/12/2007, -1/+12Yeah? So? And? What? If you're finding porn on Google, then it's because you were looking for it to begin with. I'm sure you won't get many links to gang-bang lesbo-orgy videos if you do a search for "Paleontology". Oh, wait... the fifth link down says "OLogy", I *guess* that's close enough.
I'm totally cereal here, if you have a problem with porn, join a convent. Why do you think we have porn to begin with? Because you (and by you, I mean *you*, the person reading this, and this *****), have a penis. Ladies, you have a pussy. It may not be the best application of your sexual urges (*or* the best, if you want to get into STDs, etc), but ***** (no pun intended), get a clue.
So what if they're making money of the porn industry? Why don't you sue the porn industry for making money off the porn industry? This reminds me of a Bill Hicks quote (kinda long, but instead of being redundant, I'll just quote the whole damn thing):
But that's the problem with this country, one of the many, but this whole issue of sexuality and pornography, which I don't understand what pornography is, I really don't. To me, pornography is, you know, spending all your money and not educating the people in America, and spending it instead on weapons, that's pornographic to me, that's totally filthy, and etc., etc., down the line, you all in your ***** hearts know the goddamned arguments, okay, great. But no one knows what pornography is. Supreme Court says pornography is anything without artistic merit that causes sexual thought, that's their definition, essentially. No artistic merit, causes sexual thought. Hmm. Sounds like... every commercial on television, doesn't it? You know, when I see those two twins on that Doublemint commercial-I'm not thinking of gum. I am thinking of chewing, maybe that's the connection they're trying to make. What? You've all seen that Busch beer commercial, where the girl in the short hot-pants opens the beer bottle on her belt buckle, leaves it there, and it foams over her hand and over the bottle and the voice over goes, "Get yourself a BUSCH." Hmm. You know what that looks like, nah, no way. I'll tell you the commercial they'd like to do, if they could, and I guarantee you, if they could, they'd do this, right here. Here's the woman's face, beautiful. Camera pulls back, naked breast. Camera pulls back, she's totally naked. Legs apart. Two fingers, right here, and it just says, "Drink Coke." Now I don't know the connection here, but goddamn if Coke isn't on my shopping list that week. "Dr. Pepper." "Snickers, satisfying." (Mouth-guitars "I Can't Get No Satisfaction") Damned if I'm not buying these products! My teeth are rotting out of my head, I'm glued to the television, I'm as big as a ***** couch. "More Snickers, more Coke!"
That's what I find ironic, too, is that people who are against these things that cause sexual thought are generally fundamentalist Christians, who also believe you should be fruitful and multiply. Boy, they walk a tight rope every day, don't they? "How do we be fruitful and multiply and not think about it?" "We could sing hymns during it." (sings) "One stroke at a time, sweet Jesus. One stroke at a time, sweet Lord." - heffer2k02, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10If he doesn't like Google why does he (or let his children) use it. Google is a free service and we are not forced to use it. The ability to find child porn is probably a good thing, as it makes it easier for the authorities to find the perpetrators and bring them to justice. If you don't want to see kiddie porn, don't search for it... If you don't want your kids looking at it, bring them up better.
- sofa0ne, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9The problem isn't Google it's that a lot of parents don't understand technology!
To make matters worse the parents of today come from the generation that was raised by their televisions their parents let the TV babysit them. So now they allow the computer to babysit their own child.
I get really tired of people/organizations blaming Google, MySpace, Grand Theft Auto, etc. when the real problem is the only time they want to be a parent is when it isn't dealing directly with their own family.
My message to them is this:
It's your home computer you CONTROL and FILTER what comes in don't blame an indexing service, a social/community group for not doing YOUR JOB as a parent.
Google doesn't put the content out there either. - m00nmaster, on 10/12/2007, -2/+11You don't need to...it's on by default.
- uttertosser, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8you can get porn ... on the Internet ... and you can use google to find it
Thanks for letting me know ;) - m00nmaster, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8Instead of suing, wouldn't it be easier to put the computer in a general area so that it can be monitored and try to actually be a parent for once?
Parent:
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1 a : one that begets or brings forth offspring b : a person who brings up and cares for another - wtfunkymonkey, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8Most telephone companies publish phonebooks that contain advertisements for outcall services, strip clubs, bars, and in some areas gambling establishments.
You'd be hard pressed not to turn on your TV at two in the morning and not find a commercial for questionable 900 numbers.
Supermarkets sell alcoholic beverages, foods with high fat content, and magazines with gossip about celebrities.
Roads provide access to bars, no-tell motels, whore houses, adult book stores, bowling alleys, and abortion clinics.
I sure hope someone plans on doing something about this. Businesses and government representatives have a responsibility to make sure that the citizens of this country have a bible in their hand and a hymn in their heart. Our country needs more God and less individuality.
The only way to prevent our country from being overrun by the bearded heathens is to legislate morality. - m00nmaster, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8He shouldn't even be allowed to own a computer if he doesn't know what is on it.
- knupso, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8Why not, some ya-hoo eventually will.
See how the "don't politize this" come out when a Democrat is involved.
Point is boys and girs, is that morons make up the majority of both parties. - Angostura, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7I better go and and file a suit against my contact lens manufacturer at the same time.
Not to mention the people who mine the coal which fuels the power stations which provides electricity to run the computers that host the porn. - CosmicJustice, on 10/12/2007, -2/+8"I hate that this is happening but I dugg because "
Digging a story doesn't mean that you agree with it's content. - Osjpr, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6Is this the same type of justice that was served to witches a couple hundred odd years ago?
- reidypeidy, on 10/12/2007, -6/+11Yahoo is a better source, Yahoo videos baby!
- mr.hostility, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Let's sue gun companies too. They produce products that could be used to kill people if misused, and they deserve to be accountable. Hell, let's sue everyone, for punitive damages that they are giving us.
- Tsuroerusu, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6"The internet is for porn, the internet is for porn, why you think the net was born? Porn Porn Porn!"
Hear the rest at: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4446981554735098778 - spect3r, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4You would think the fact that
"Child pornography is illegal, and Google prohibits it in our products. When we find or are made aware of any child pornography, we remove it from our products, including our search engine. We also report it to the appropriate law enforcement officials and fully cooperate with the law enforcement community to combat child pornography."
Is Google doing a Public SERVICE. They are ones on the front line here, combatting child porn.. not the parents of American Children. *gasp how surprising* - ripter, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Fri st porn I ever saw... hmmm I think I was in the 6th or 7th grade, some friends and I went to the recycling center that takes paper products (around here they have them setup in the parking lots of Sam's Club) and found one filled with old porn!
So I guess my parents should have sued the recycling centers? - shikaga, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4What I don't get is what this article is trying to put across. The article starts off about how google allows people to search for child pornography, which is fair enough. I don't think that google does allow that stuff but then I have never looked. But then he goes on about the typical "save the children" stuff.
"Though Google provides a filter called SafeSearch, it doesn't eliminate all adult material, and nothing prevents children from turning it off."
"What goes on in the house is the parents' responsibility," he said. But he added that Google "has a responsibility to make sure that these sites are not so easily accessible."
I don't think it is the children who are looking at child porn. So please stick to your point, are you against child porn or children accesing porn? - wastern, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5safe search is on by default, he went out of his way to turn it off for porn
google gives people access to information on the internet, that includes porn. there are services that block all that out if someone is interested - NJank, on 10/12/2007, -6/+10Reported as Inaccurate. The lawsuit isn't about google providing access to porn. It alleges that Google profits from and (actively?) supports child porn via its search products. There is no attempt here to limit our access to porn. Just an attempt to attack someone who profits from child abuse. I have no idea how he plans to support these claims, and I figure they're just bunk. That said, this digg title is deliberately misleading, intending to gain diggs with a more "offensive" title. Even the summary is misleading. NO DIGG.
Judging from the comments, as usualy, everyone took the summary at face value and failde to RTFA. Well done. - CornStarch, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3I know that, but I often see good stories passed up because the content may not be agreeable. Just thinking out loud.
- tHePeOPle, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4Just a Subset!? Which internet are you looking at?
- millixaw, on 10/12/2007, -4/+7WON'T SOMEONE PLEASE THINK OF THE CHILDREN!!!
- Sheco, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3who would've thought... not everybody speaks english.. and there are *gasp* similar words in other languages!!
- rengeek, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3"Though Google provides a filter called SafeSearch, it doesn't eliminate all adult material, and nothing prevents children from turning it off."
The ultimate filter that can not be turned off is called a PARENT. Try being one and quit letting the TV and PC babysit your kids. You made the choice to have the little crotch goblins, so now it's you responsible for making them in to humans. DO YOUR JOB! - tiuk, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Signed in just to digg your comment. You win the ***** internet for the day.
- GooBoy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3You noticed that too? It happens every single time a politician rails against child pornography, they complain that their children can find porn on the Internet. Either this is just Hyperbole or plain stupidity, or both. Either way, it destroys the basis of their argument.
Brings up a question, how old were you when you saw your first playboy? Me, I was 10. Underage, looking at porn, oh no! I've been corrupted beyond repair! - threemagic, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4Next he'll sue the local library for the National Geographics they have... or your cable provider, I mean you COULD accidently call them and see pornography on your TV...
it's ridiculous! -
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