SAN FRANCISCO — Google is doing its best with available technology to block access to “Innocence of Muslims” on YouTube, and shouldn’t be held in contempt for allegedly violating a Ninth Circuit order, the company argued in a weekend filing. The company has disabled some 1,400 copies of the anti-Islamic movie since the appellate court ordered it taken down Feb. 26, with 20 employees spending more than 100 hours on the process, Hogan Lovells partner Neal Katyal wrote in opposition to Cindy Lee Garcia’s March 25 motion for sanctions.
Garcia and her attorney, M. Cris Armenta, argue that Google “has not even made a pro forma attempt to comply with the order,” disabling only a few copies and leaving in their place a “snide message.”
