Search Engine Results Protected by First Amendment

[snakeair]

Please read the blog post before commenting on the thread title. lol

Although Google has been the subject of multiple antitrust investigations related to how they arrange search results and rank Web sites, a new 27-page report suggests that Google should be offered the same First Amendment rights as a newspaper. The report, which was commissioned by Google, makes a strong case that search engines are protected by the First Amendment and that the government cannot attempt to control the search results in any way.

Eugene Volokh, a UCLA law professor, First Amendment expert, and the author of the “First Amendment Protection for Search Engine Results” report said the following:

Continued at: http://www.searchenginejournal.com/s...endment/43432/

Your thoughts on all this?

[ScriptMan]

I pretty much agree with most of that so long as paid ads are clearly identified.