A New York politician filed a lawsuit Thursday claiming that the Internet company Google generates ''billions of dollars from the pornography trade and illicit profiteers.''
The lawsuit, filed in New York state court by Nassau County legislator Jeffrey Toback, a Democrat, seeks to block Google from providing links or advertising to Web sites that display child porn, said Jeffrey Carton, a lawyer for Toback.
Google spokesman Steve Langdon said in a statement: ''Child pornography is illegal, and Google prohibits it in our products. When we find or are made aware of any child pornography, we remove it from our products, including our search engine. We also report it to the appropriate law enforcement officials and fully cooperate with the law enforcement community to combat child pornography."
