Porn row: Church should sell its shares in Google

UNITED KINGDOM
MSN

Some of the biggest names in tech have pledged their allegiance to David Cameron’s big online porn crackdown – Microsoft, Yahoo and Twitter are all-in. And although Google have promised to co-operate, a Government advisor has called for investors to sell their stakes in the search giant.

Accounts that are due to be published later this year will reveal that the Church’s pension fund has a £5.7 million investment in Google, prompting Cameron’s advisor on childhood – Claire Perry – to make her recommendation.

Speaking to The Telegraph Mrs Perry said: “It is quite clear that many companies, in particular British Internet Service Providers are finally now taking a really responsible approach to this. They are seeing that we want a level of social responsibility.

“There are others out there who have not got that attitude. The Prime Minister was saying Google have a responsibility, they are effectively helping people for which there can be no case made.

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