Is Your Googling Safe?

The blogosphere is abuzz with discussion about the dispute between DoJ and Google about surrendering a week’s worth of search recordsHere is a copy of the Motion to Produce – hell just a few terabytes of data surely – as part of Alberto Gonzales’ effort to be more aggressive in the War Against PornA nice turn of phrase from Xinhua.
The BBC has a great explanation of what is at stakeAlso the AP Story at MSNBC and John Battell sets the context nicely., and just how critical the issues are.
What is surprising – and frankly distressing – is that according to the AP, Every other search engine served with similar subpoenas by the Bush administration has complied so far, according to court documents.
Google’s defence is nicely captured in a letter from their corporate counsel explaining just how impossible a demand DoJ are making.
Then when you also look at the Bush administration’s demands on the mediaVery interesting piece by the New Yorker‘s Law correspondent, this certainly looks like a major issue for us to worry about, even though Monday’s vote may be front of lobe.