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Criticism

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In 2006, it was claimed that Google had archived group which were used for the distribution of illegal content, In past statements on the issue Google has stated that it abides by the appropriate laws and regualtions of the jurisdictions it operates and has when properly informed removed obviously illegal content..

In 2011 Google (in relation to its Groups archive) was criticised in an article by e-week Canada were it was claimed that Google had refused to remove troll content which had falsely claimed that a named individual was involved in paedophilia. The target of the trolling claims in the article that Google refused to remove content, Google's response apparently being "Register websites, write good articles about yourself, and buy some advertising from us, which will improve your ranking.".

Slashdot and Wired contributors have criticized Google for its inattention to a search engine for Google Groups, leaving many older postings virtually inaccessible.

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