http://projectshield.withgoogle.com/
Invite only at the moment, and seems to be geared towards political sites and to 'protect freedom of expression'
I wonder what's in it for Google
GoogleNet - I can see a time, very soon, where "the internet" is actually an intranet - Much like AOL, Compuserve days.
EG With the recent NSA news I can see Germany making a country specific net and truly believe Google are looking at owning all traffic through the same mechanism.