Judging the judge's Google leanings | News.blog | CNET News.com
Judging the judge's Google leanings | News.blog | CNET News.com:
A federal judge this week granted a partial victory to the federal government in its quest to get Google to turn over search results.
U.S. District Judge James Ware said he would likely give the Justice Department access to a portion of Google's index of Web sites, but not to its users' search terms. The Justice Department is looking for the data to help it back its case in a pending trial over an antipornography law.
Google had resisted the subpoena for search data (unlike some of its competitors), saying that the data would not be relevant and that the request would put consumers' privacy at risk.
The case afforded the blogosphere plenty of opportunity for outrage: People were angry with the government, with Google and with the judge.