I just saw on FOX news Google is now catching all kinds of heat because they have "man boy association" and other types of pedophilia in their search. I'm not sure if the news was about the search or the directory. Either way, this could be something big if the media really digs in deep here. Google may have to edit their results and remove the DMOZ adult listings. Anyone else hear about this on the news today? I just saw it...
The part about google removing directory results was that a quote from the fox news story or is that your assumption ?
No no, just me saying it's possible. I mean, if the media hammers down on Google for promoting pedophilia, and the story gets bigger, Google would certainly remove that type of thing don't you think? Along with the stuff in search results...
Cool, lets hope DMOZ gets hammered and remove this JUNK from their directory. I don't think having the man boy love association link really benefits anyone besides pedophiles of course.
This will be the best news if it happens and DMOZ will lose about 100 editors at once since there will be no reason for them to stick around.
That is a touchy question with censorship. Once you start to censor something, when do you stop? There was a high level court case a while back. The premise was an adult site which featured adult models that looked rather young. The courts ruled that it is not illegal to recreate an interpretation of an event, even it the event itself is illegal. The thing we have to remember is that when cases are ruled on; they become landmark cases that are used to future ruling. In the case of our right for free speech, we must be very careful in investigating how cases will affect free speech in other areas of life.
When it comes to pedophilia or other criminal acts, the right to free speech stops dead in its tracks right there. And that's exactly the way it should be. I have no interest whatsoever in protecting the right of pedophiles to argue that child rape is acceptable on ANY level or on ANY grounds.
Exactly what he said^ Do we really care if Mr. John the child molester down the road cant access his kiddie porn? No. Censor it! And anyone who objects to it, the government should begin spying on those people. Clearly anyone who would object from removing these type of things is up to no good...