"On Mon, 16 Aug 2004 08:29:15 +0200, Tilman Hausherr <tilman@berlin.snafu.de> wrote in <8vk0i09ke82ubquekb92sjefd9gedb38df@4ax.com>:

>Did anyone buy playboy and read the interview of Brin and Page?

I just read the SEC forced Google to add the interview to their prospectus and thus the entire interview is here: http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1288776/000119312504139655/ds1a.htm#toc59330_25b

This is the quote about the evil cult:

PAGE: In general we’re trying to use the web’s self-organizing properties to decide which things to present. We don’t want to be in the position of having to decide these things. We take the responsibility seriously. People depend on us.

PLAYBOY: Yet you’ve been criticized for caving to pressure from organizations that objected to some of your search results. In one famous case, the Church of Scientology pressured you to stop pointing out a website critical of it.

PAGE: That was more of a legal issue.

BRIN: The Scientologists made a copyright claim against an anti-Scientology site. It had excerpts from some of their texts. The counter-Scientology site, Xenu.net, didn’t file an appeal. It sort of folded. Consequently, we were forced to omit their results, but we explain what happened on the search. If things are missing from a search, we often link to websites that explain the controversies. So now, if you do a generic search on Scientology, you get a link to a site that discusses the legal aspects of why the anti-Scientology site isn’t listed. In addition, this independent site links to the anti-Scientology site. As a result, if you search for Scientology, you will be armed with anti-Scientology materials as well as pro-Scientology material.

-- Mike Gormez

- WISE is Scientology recruitment in the workplace http://stop-wise.biz/ - Scientology and health http://www.whyaretheydead.net/ - 'Religious' child abuse and neglect http://www.taxexemptchildabuse.net/ - Hubbard on psychs http://whyaretheydead.net/misc/scientology_hatred_of_psychiatry.html

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