As I said elsewhere, the perspective I take on the issue is that there are important competing principles at stake.

Google is a fantastic service and yes, they do what they do better than anyone. But that does not make them above the law. As for the fear that Google might start censoring things, you just have to do a Google search to find that the topic has its own Wikipedia entry.

"Censorship by Google is Google's removal or omission of information from its services or those of its subsidiary companies, such as YouTube, in order to comply with its company policies, legal demands, or various government censorship laws. Google's censorship varies between countries and their regulations, and ranges from advertisements to speeches. Over the years, the search engine's censorship policies and targets have also differed, and have been the source of internet censorship debates."

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