Google's Rachel Whetstone has not appeared in our pages since early in 2007, as the company battled Belgian firm Copiepresse over the indexing of news publishers managed by that firm. The Director of Global Communications and Public Affairs for EMEA for Google blogged a long post about the challenges of operating around the world.

On the topic of free expression and controversial online content, Whetstone's post on the official Google blog defends Google's regular practices with hosting content created by its users.

"In general, Google does not want to be a gatekeeper. We don't, and can't, check content before it goes live," she remarked.

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