On Thursday, search giant Google was sued by a Long Island, N.Y., politico for allegedly profiting from illegal child pornography, the Associated Press reports via MSNBC.com.Jeffrey Toback, a representative of the Nassau County Legislature, accused Google of having paid links on its site to Web locales that feature pornographic content involving children, according to the AP.The complaint, filed in the Mineola, N.Y., state Supreme Court, reads, “This case is about a multi-billion dollar company that promotes and profits from child pornography,” according to the AP.Google denied the charges, and noted that it takes a number of measures to prevent such inappropriate material from being accessed via its webpages, the AP reports. The company’s SafeSearch function works specifically to filter out adult content, according to the AP. “When we find or are made aware of any child pornography, we remove it from our products, including our search engine,” Google spokesman Steve Landon told the AP. “We also report it to the appropriate law-enforcement officials and fully cooperate with the law-enforcement community to combat child pornography.”No additional search companies are named as defendants in the complaint, which labels Google “the largest and most efficient facilitator and distributor of child pornography in the world,” the AP reports. Toback is not seeking monetary damages from Mountain View, Calif.-based Google; rather, he wants to prohibit the company from displaying advertisements on its site that link back to properties featuring, or in association with, illegal pornography of any sort, according to the AP.For related news coverage, read Google Steers Clear of Silicon Valley Wi-Fi.Check out our CIO News Alerts and Tech Informer pages for more updated news coverage. Related content brandpost Sponsored by SAP When natural disasters strike Japan, Ōita University’s EDiSON is ready to act With the technology and assistance of SAP and Zynas Corporation, Ōita University built an emergency-response collaboration tool named EDiSON that helps the Japanese island of Kyushu detect and mitigate natural disasters. By Michael Kure, SAP Contributor Dec 07, 2023 5 mins Digital Transformation brandpost Sponsored by BMC BMC on BMC: How the company enables IT observability with BMC Helix and AIOps The goals: transform an ocean of data and ultimately provide a stellar user experience and maximum value. By Jeff Miller Dec 07, 2023 3 mins IT Leadership brandpost Sponsored by BMC The data deluge: The need for IT Operations observability and strategies for achieving it BMC Helix brings thousands of data points together to create a holistic view of the health of a service. By Jeff Miller Dec 07, 2023 4 mins IT Leadership how-to How to create an effective business continuity plan A business continuity plan outlines procedures and instructions an organization must follow in the face of disaster, whether fire, flood, or cyberattack. Here’s how to create a plan that gives your business the best chance of surviving such an By Mary K. Pratt, Ed Tittel, Kim Lindros Dec 07, 2023 11 mins Small and Medium Business Small and Medium Business Small and Medium Business Podcasts Videos Resources Events SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER From our editors straight to your inbox Get started by entering your email address below. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe