In this particular time period, we received court orders in several countries to remove blog posts criticising government officials or their associates. UK government officials also called on Google to remove content that portrayed the government...
In comparison, UK officials only made 11 requests for data during the first half of 2012. Twitter's transparency report shows that governmental requests for data have grown over the course of 2012. Governments from around the world made 1,858...
In 2010, those same companies spent $122.9 million lobbying governmental officials. The search giant spent its funds lobbying the U.S.government on patent, antitrust, and telecommunications issues. Lobbying the U.S.government has been a growing...
It is ironic since whenever I have met with our elected officials they are invariably thoughtful, well-meaning people. If you agree, pass it on to your newly elected officials. But because no matter what the outcome, our government will still be a...
Iranian officials have unblocked Gmail services for the country's citizens, Reuters reported. Officials have reported that the Gmail block was an unexpected consequence of the country's YouTube shut down.
As Google expands beyond general search into content development in key search verticals, FairSearch.org encourages government officials to look closely at its ability to use its dominance in search and search advertising to steer users away from...
Last year, Google warned users to check their account settings after discovering a breach that allowed third parties to gain access to the personal Gmail accounts of senior U.S.government officials. The new warning comes following the data breaches...
Meanwhile, the Wall Street Journal reported that officials in South Korea are looking into the company's handling of mobile data and advertising. In 2010, officials raided the company's offices as part of its investigation in data collection by the...
While social networks have long been a resource used by companies to screen employees and new hires, the demand that users turn over their passwords has drawn attention from government officials and has been condemned by Facebook as "distressing.
The company has come under fire from privacy advocates and and government officials following reports that iOS applications have been able to access user address books without notification or permission.
For their part, EFF's senior lawyer Lee Tien offered that the government would need new privacy laws or regulations to prohibit identity verifiers from selling user data or sharing it with law enforcement officials without a warrant.
A so-called “blackout” is yet another gimmick, albeit a dangerous one, designed to punish elected and administration officials who are working diligently to protect American jobs from foreign criminals.
As we discussed last year, government officials may seize electronic data including email accounts under this legislation with no probable cause a crime has been committed, no search warrant, and without notifying the user.
In the U.S.officials requested that YouTube videos of police brutality and content that allegedly defamed law enforcement officials be removed. The Google Transparency Report has been updated to include data on Government requests for user...
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has previously warned U.S.citizens that their Facebook, Yahoo, and Google account information is quite accessible to U.S.government officials. In fact, law enforcement officials don’t even need a search warrant to...
India has the lowest compliance rate, 22 percent, because the majority of requests involve an attempt to complete actions such as "remove a blog and YouTube videos that were critical of Chief Ministers and senior officials of different states.
This event is of particular concern to the committee not only because of our interest in the broader issue of cybersecurity and its national-security implications, but also because news accounts of this cyberattack have implicated the possible...
Google Maps has angered officials and residents of Emden, Germany, by placing their port in the Netherlands. Government Controlled Search Engine Panguso Launches in China by Danny Goodwin Here's a recap of this week's columns and news stories for...
Several senior administration officials fielded questions submitted on the White House Facebook page , the White House Webform, or via Twitter using the @sotu hashtag and responding to @whitehouse. The president also announced the launch of open...
The global impact of the leaking of 250,000 US government cables (communications between US officials) has been the topic of conversation all over the world for more than a week. During a week when censorship of WikiLeaks' publishing of US...
