Government is to ask Google to help fight cyber crime

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Hunt says search engines should be involved in the fight against cyber crime

The government is set to ask Google to play a greater role in the fight against online piracy. Jeremy Hunt, the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, is expected to tell the Royal Tel...

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