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Responsibility, ISPs and child pornography
Thanks to search engines and ISPs, you’re only a couple of words and a click away from the unbearably grim world of child pornography. Unless you’re a 60s rock star engaging in research, there really is no good reason for you to go exploring these dark digital alleyways. And ISPs agree. It’s your fault if…
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Google cache and libel
I have been pondering further about Google‘s cache and defamation. Here’s the deal: Google is automatically indexing, copying and storing material in its cache. By allowing Google to find your site, and not using the NoArchive meta-tag, you are also giving search engines implied consent to index your site, and index it in such a…
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A private letter to Google
I chose my home for its seclusion and privacy. You can’t see in from the public right of way that borders the garden. You can’t see the slide and swing and trampoline. No offence, but we don’t really want you to. Of course, this all shows up on the satellite photo on Google Maps.
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Blog and be damned. Unblog and be saved?
How do you take something back online? The question comes up in the unlikely form of a withdrawn blog post by Times religion correspondent and blogger Ruth Gledhill.