Google Child Porn Suit Dropped

A local New York county politician that had sued Google over links to child pornography dropped his suit earlier this week. Jeffrey Toback of the Nassau County Legislature had said the search engine's paid advertisements include links to minors engaged in lewd acts. Lawyers for Toback filed documents Wednesday saying that the legislator wished to drop his case, but no public statement was made.

Google said that it was pleased the suit had been dropped, and called the allegations "irresponsible" and "far-fetched." A Google spokesperson said that Toback could have contacted the company first before pursuing action in court. The search engine said it takes steps to ensure access to child porn is difficult, and removes references to the subject and reports content to law enforcement.