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Wouldn't Google also be obligated (or at least highly self-interested) in reporting Cooper to the police? I wouldn't expect Google to publicly accuse him of any
by nappy 10y ago
Wouldn't Google also be obligated (or at least highly self-interested) in reporting Cooper to the police? I wouldn't expect Google to publicly accuse him of anything... but if he published child pornography and Google had digital records of it, I think we could reasonably expect legal actions to be taken against Cooper, and swiftly. Have there been any? If there haven't been or won't be any, I'd suggest this is reasonable evidence he actually didn't publish anything criminal. But who knows, perhaps the authorities are building a case and this a wait-and-see thing.
If there is nothing criminal here- Google is absolutely within its rights to delete his blog. However given the power that Google has a gatekeeper to information, I think the public should be highly interested in how Google allows or disallows information to be published using its services. Especially if they are censoring materials they find offensive or in poor taste.