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THE BEST ARTICLE about usenets and Google: http://www.fireflysun.com/book/Google.php
From the website:
IN THIS ARTICLE:
Google Embattled for Corporate MalfeasanceGoogle Services Cyberstalking; Web / Group Functions Used as Delivery Devices for Intrusion, DefamationCiting Free Speech & Public Availability, Google Refuses to Remove from its Interface with Usenet Messages That Pose Risks to Reputation, Employment, & Safety, (i.e. Usenet)
Google Threatened to Blacklist at Least One Complainant by Turning His Complaint & Legal Documentation over to an Enemies of Free Speech Web Site
Within 2 Days of "Experimenting" with Unflattering Messages about A Google Staffer, Complainants Discover Google Made Their Messages Disappear
Hypocritically, Google Terminates Employee for Posting to a Blog Information about Google Deemed 'Publicly Available'
Case of Cyberstalking Illuminates Google Search Formula
A Practical Demonstration of the Abuse of Google
Recommendations for Legislators and Civic-Minded or Self-Policing Search Engines
START OF ARTICLE: Google's Defamation Superhighway
For months, Google was unresponsive to e-mails requesting it remove from its own Web and Groups archive Usenet messages from gangs of anonymous cyber-stalkers intent on using the search engine behemoth as a defamation delivery device. The effects of Usenet on the quality and integrity of Google's Web archive are well-known ("search engine vandalism"; "search engine pollution"), but you may be surprised by Usenet's role in thousands of cases of harassment and cyber-stalking.
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