Google Fights Global Internet Censorship

June 25, 2007 By CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER , AP Business Writer Google Fights Global Internet Censorship (AP)

A Google sign is posted at Google headquarters in Mountain View, Calif. in this April 19, 2007 file photo. Google Inc. is seeking help from the U.S. government to fight the rise of Web censorship worldwide. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)

(AP) -- Once relatively indifferent to government affairs, Google Inc. is seeking help inside the Beltway to fight the rise of Web censorship worldwide.

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