Cameron Advisor Urges Church of England to Pull Money out of Google to Pressure Search Engine to Block Child Porn

Daily Mail
July 27, 2013

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Claire Perry urged the Church to consider pulling its money out of Google

A Government aide has urged investors to sell their Google shares to try and pressure the internet giant into blocking child abuse images.

Conservative MP Claire Perry, an adviser to Prime Minister David Cameron on preventing the sexualisation and commercialisation of childhood, urged the Church of England to cut ties with the search engine that they back.

Ms Perry told the Church to pull its money out of Google in a bid to force the company to take a stronger line over pornographic and abusive images widely available through its engine.

She told The Daily Telegraph: '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.

'They (the Church of England and other investors) have a role to play, they have questions to ask themselves. They are moral leaders.

'If they are going to opine on things then putting your money where your mouth is is an incredibly powerful tool.'