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"They're apparently trying to catch guys ..."

It's actually a complicated legal issue about whether censorware works. The argument goes back more than a decade (bad flashbacks ...)

don't forget the google book search lawsuit. while on the surface, this might appear to be an ever bigger proprietary fight, lawrence lessig does a great job making a case to the contrary.

http://www.seancoon.org/2006/01/lawrence_lessig_on_google_book.html

Hello !!!! Where do you think they are getting the children that perform in those pictures and videos???? Uh am I the only one who realizes that you are using the 4th amendment to abuse children !!!!! I don't think there should be any privacy law, personal faith, or rights for someone who takes away the rights of others !!!! And do you not realize the rights of those children are being destroyed ???? Hello !!! Go for it George, kick their candy ----s !!! And let's see more people wake up to see they are abusing others by standing up and agressively saying it's my right ! Hello !!! People who abuse others that harshly, don't have any rights in my eyes and I highly doubt if they do in the eyes of the real Judge! Which is what we have tried to base our laws on is that of good morals, good judgement, good behavior !!! Hello !!!! Am I the only one that believes what George Bush and his wife have been trying to do is bring that to United States, something the rest of the world has noticed missing for quite some time.
Sorry to be so blunt but, drastic behavior calls for such measures. Wake up, USA . You have a president that is doing a lot of good, let him do it. You are a proud country and should be but not to the extent that you forget to not be concieted, forget to humble yourself to your elders and not abuse others.

Amendment XIII

Section 1. Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.

Section 2. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.

I rest my case.

If the government, on behalf of the people, require records of the people's activities, then Google can comply simply by publishing this information - for all people to see.

Either Google must keep this information private (or simply not record it), or it must make it public. You can't have it both ways - it would certainly be dangerous to entrust a big brother state with privileged access to this kind of information, especially if there's poor transparency.

Donna, you won't find hardly a single person anywhere who thinks raping kids on camera (or off, of course) is legally or morally even close to ok. That's the part everyone agrees on.

But I'm not willing to let my government inspect everyone's searches in order to find searches for illegal material, just as I wouldn't want the government to install cameras in everyone's bedrooms to make sure they don't have sex with children.