# Google Caving to Censorship v.HomelandSec

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**Created:** [March 7, 2008, 8:08am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/google-caving-to-censorship-v-homelandsec/44594 "2008-03-07T08:08:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![Nikuk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nikuk/32/7254_2.png) [@Nikuk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nikuk)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2008, 8:08am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/google-caving-to-censorship-v-homelandsec/44594/1 "2008-03-07T08:08:53Z")

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[http://www.reuters.com/article/governmentFilingsNews/idUSN0625659220080306](http://www.reuters.com/article/governmentFilingsNews/idUSN0625659220080306)

> “We have been contacted by the military,” Google spokesman Larry Yu said. “In those instances where they (the U.S military) have expressed concerns about the imagery, we have accommodated their requests.”
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> But because many images were taken from public streets, the military may not have a legal right to request that videos be pulled.

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**Author:** ![boxxa](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxxa/32/5045_2.png) [@boxxa](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boxxa)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2008, 9:00am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/google-caving-to-censorship-v-homelandsec/44594/2 "2008-03-07T09:00:54Z")

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You are missing the best line of the article:

“…a crew mistakenly asked for access to a base, and base officials agreed.”

Billions of dollars in homeland security each year and that is the type of “security” guards they have on bases…