The Joint Committee on Privacy and Injunctions has said that search engines need to take a greater responsibility in observing court orders requiring privacy-invasive content to be removed from websites--or face legislation requiring them to do so, reports Out-Law.com. The committee cites Google's response to a recent case in which the company said employing technology to monitor the web for such content wasn't "as a policy matter...a good idea." Calling the argument "totally unconvincing," the committee said in its report, "search engines should take steps to ensure that their websites are not used as vehicles to breach the law and should actively develop and use such technology. We recommend that if legislation is necessary to require them to do so, it should be introduced."
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