Who would have thought you couldn't trust a search engine in America?Back in 2005, the U.S. Justice Department asked several internet companies to supply data that would help in the development of law enforcement techniques that were intended to protect children from online indecency and worse.  Because no identifiable individual information would be supplied, but only raw statistical data such as anonymous search requests and website addresses, all companies complied -- except Google.  Google sanctimoniously contended that its compliance would impose on the privacy of would-be molesters.  Google took a stand against censorship, saying such compliance to help the Child Online Protection Act would have a "chilling effect".  However, in 2006, Google quickly complied with blatant censorship in China, setting up a blacklist of forbidden sites not to be seen by Chinese citizens.  It seems the "warming effect" of profits from China can outweigh...(Read Full Post)