Google’s search engine is a pretty popular search tool and is undoubtedly one of the most popular search engines around, but it seems that while you can pretty much search for anything on Google, a committee of MPs in the UK have decided that the best way for a courts orders demanding suppression of sensitive information (i.e. cases involving the privacy of a celebrity, crimes committed by mega corporations, etc) is to have Google sensor its search results for the British public, ensuring that they won’t stumble across the information by searching for it.

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“Google and other 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,” the committee said. “We recommend that if legislation is necessary to require them to do so it should be introduced.”

If this move sounds familiar, it’s because a while back Google had started to filter out certain search results that would lead to websites that link or allow for download of copyrighted material under the DMCA. Internet censorship is a sensitive issue and we’re sure that this proposal will not sit well with many members of the British public.

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