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 feature Key IT initiatives reshape the CIO agenda While cloud, cybersecurity, and analytics remain top of mind for IT leaders, a shift toward delivering business value is altering how CIOs approach key priorities, pushing transformative projects to the next phase. By Mary Pratt May 30, 2023 10 mins IT Strategy IT Leadership opinion Managing IT right starts with rightsizing IT for value While there are few universals when it comes to saying unambiguously what ‘managing IT right’ looks like, knowing how to navigate the limitless possibilities of IT is surely one. By Thornton May May 30, 2023 6 mins Digital Transformation IT Strategy IT Leadership feature Red Hat embraces hybrid cloud for internal IT The maker of OpenShift has leveraged its own open container offering to migrate business-critical apps to AWS as part of a strategy to move beyond facilitating hybrid cloud for others and capitalize on the model for itself. By Paula Rooney May 29, 2023 5 mins CIO 100 Technology Industry Hybrid Cloud feature 10 most popular IT certifications for 2023 Certifications are a great way to show employers you have the right IT skills and specializations for the job. These 10 certs are the ones IT pros are most likely to pursue, according to data from Dice. By Sarah K. White May 26, 2023 8 mins Certifications Careers 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