Google agrees to remove site promoting racist views of indigenous Australians
www.chinaview.cn 2010-01-15 14:35:33   Print

    CANBERRA, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) -- Google has agreed to take down links to a website that promotes racist views of indigenous Australians.

    Aboriginal man Steve Hodder-Watt recently discovered the U.S.-based site by searching "Aboriginal and Encyclopedia" in the search engine.

    He tried to modify the entry on Encyclopedia Dramatica, a satirical and extremely racist version of Wikipedia, but was blocked from doing so.

    Hodder-Watt then undertook legal action, that resulted in Google acknowledging its legal responsibility to remove the offensive site.

    His lawyer, George Newhouse, says the site is "one of the most offensive sorts of racial vilification you could possibly find".

    "It portrays indigenous Australians in the most unsavoury light possible, and you wouldn't want a child stumbling across it," he told Australian Broadcasting Company on Friday.

    Newhouse says Google agreed to take the link down after he filed an official complaint to the Australian Human Rights Commission. They agreed Thursday night to take down the sites, he said. 

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