Google Admits it Scans Gmail Accounts for Child Porn Content

A man was arrested last week for being in the possession of child pornography--but the circumstances that led to the arrest are a bit of a first. Apparently Houston police were alerted to John Henry Skillern's illegal activities by Google, of all things. Google has acknowledged that this arrest was made possibly because the search giant scans images sent through Gmail accounts to see if they might contain child porn content.