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The Inquirer today released a story about Google’s reluctance to remove racist blogs from Blogger. They state that Blogger has become a popular tool for neo-Nazi organizations Down Under and that groups of non-racist have been “rebuffed” in their attempts to get Google to take down these blogs.

I don’t think that Google standing firm on this issue is surprising. But, we can see where the slope gets slippery. First, Google has willingly censored their tools before for China. This sets a dangerous precedent for the company. (more…)

As blogging becomes more of a trusted source of information on the Web, we are seeing companies like Google treat them more like news sites. Last week Google made a small, but significant change to their Google News homepage by adding a link to the Google Blog Search page.

Steve Rubel observes on his posting that the integration of the two product might be in the near future, and wouldn’t be unprecedented since Google Finance brings blogs into the fold. (more…)