Google excludes controversial web sites

Xeni Jardin 11:37 am Thu Oct 24, 2002

Declan McCullagh reports that the world's most popular search engine has deleted over 100 controversial web sites from some search results.

Absent from Google's French and German listings are Web sites that are
anti-Semitic, pro-Nazi, or related to white supremacy, according to a
new report from Harvard University's Berkman Center. Also banned is
Jesus-is-lord.com, a fundamentalist Christian site that is adamantly
opposed to abortion.

Google confirmed on Wednesday that the sites had been removed from
listings available at Google.fr and Google.de. The removed sites
continue to appear in listings on the main Google.com site.

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