Infothought: 10 Things You Might Not Know About Google:

6. Google self-censors in several countries. You heard about how Google self-censors in China (e.g. human rights sites top-ranked by Google in other countries are missing in Google.cn). But did you know that Google showed censored search results in other countries for years, sometimes even without showing a disclaimer that something was missing? In Germany and France, that was the case. You can see this for yourself if you first search Google.com for [site:ety.com]. This will result in 9,940 results. Now if you do the same search on Google.fr – Google France – you get zero results. However, there’s a disclaimer at the bottom: "In response to a legal request submitted to Google, we have removed 260 result(s) from this page. If you wish, you may read more about the request at ChillingEffects.org."