[Upd-discuss] Google awaits US judge decision Re: BBC search engine Re: [Upd-discuss]

[Mashilamani Sambasivam]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4804182.stm

why cant google itself introduce
censorship of adult material like the BBC search
to protect the vulnerable?

Google's response to chinese censoring
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4816848.stm

Masi

--- Mashilamani Sambasivam <mashi3981@yahoo.com>
wrote:

> I dont see why it cant be added to the mozilla
> search engine bar to search the web too.
> 
> There are basically 4 tabs you can search:
> the web, the news, the sports, whole bbc.co.uk stuff
> 
> try the search in news.bbc.co.uk 
> 
> I believe BBC filters inappropriate material
> like adult material, but other stuff should
> be just like google. I dont see why BBC
> should censor other things.
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/search/whysearch.shtml
> 
> 
> Masi
> 
> --- Michael Hart <hart@pglaf.org> wrote:
> 
> > 
> > I presume this is NOT the search engine you can
> add
> > on
> > from Mozilla's search engine add on bar. . .as
> this
> > is
> > one that seems to say it ONLY searches BBC
> > materials.
> > 
> > 
> > Thanks!!!
> > 
> > Give the world eBooks in 2006!!!
> > 
> > Michael S. Hart
> > Founder
> > Project Gutenberg
> > 
> > 
> > On Wed, 15 Mar 2006, Mashilamani Sambasivam wrote:
> > 
> > > Speaking on search engine, BBC has its own
> > > search engine. BBC is publicly funded
> > > (by taxpayer's money not govt.) and independent.
> > > http://www.bbc.co.uk/search/whysearch.shtml
> > > http://www.bbc.co.uk/info/purpose/
> > >
> > > In my opinion, important institutions like
> > > journalist organisations and 'search engines'
> > > should be funded by the taxpayer's money.
> > >
> > > Point is - There is a huge difference between
> > > privately owned journalistic papers/news orgs
> > > , which are demand driven, and can be influenced
> > > by competitors and money. Even the US media
> > > supported the iraq war, though they have the
> > > most independent best newspapers like
> > > washingtonpost (of nixon fame) and nytimes.
> > > Ofcourse we now know no WMDs in iraq.
> > >
> > > This implies that important institutions
> > > need to be funded by taxpayers' money
> > > and need to be autonomous. they shouldnt be
> > > funded by govt. or privately owned.
> > >
> > > Search engines are the eyes to the web. Whoever
> > > controls the major search engines control the
> > > web.
> > >
> > > Masi
> > >
> > >
> > >> But time is change in essence -- I mean, read
> the
> > >> comment on this one
> > >> about Google:
> > >>
> > >>
> > >
> >
>
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2006/02/334122.html?c=on#c142593
> > >>
> > >> Should we not have anything to do with Google,
> or
> > >> should we kop the fact
> > >> that this group of folk have more shout in the
> > world
> > >> than a few nation
> > >> states put-together and we do have vested
> > interests
> > >> and if we are that
> > >> bothered then we can always ask them and until
> we
> > do
> > >> there's no point in
> > >> blackhearting them. Dunno, that was a question.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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