From July to December 2012 Google received 2,285 government requests to remove content from its platforms, an all-time high. More than 30 percent of requests come from members of government hoping to remove defamatory content, according to Google's...
Google has tried in recent years to provide users with some information on how it deals with government agencies' requests for user data. Google is fighting a National Security Letter (NSL) issued by the U.S.government, with the Electronic Frontier...
Google has followed up last week's transparency report update – which revealed that government requests have risen by 70 percent over the last two years – with a little more information on how it deals with and why it responds to government data...
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 requests for Twitter data during the second half of 2012 – up from 849 requests in the first half.
In their blog announcement, Google released the following stats from July to December 2012: percent of the requests Google received from government entities in the U.S.were through subpoenas. Google first announced their Transparency Report back in...
The company recently disclosed that it had received some 20,000 requests for user data in the first six months of 2012, with the U.S.as the top applicant. Google has seen itself at the center of a number of government censorship and takedown efforts.
Compared to Obama, a great deal more requests are geared toward Romney as an individual rather than on his personal effects. Could 12,100 search requests in one month be inspired exclusively by George Romney, or was it due to the presidential...
Google is alarmed by government requests to remove political content from search results, fearing that free expression may be at risk. Every six months, Google releases information about government requests to remove content or access private user...
The IPv6 address that is set for the AAAA record doesn’t respond to requests from the U.S.but this is the same subdomain pattern that Google has been using (ipv6.google.com) for testing and to allow devices to connect on a dedicated URL before the...
Before this month Google only reported on government requests to take down copyrighted information, but starting in May they started reporting on copyright holder's requests. Google receives more than 250,000 requests to take down URLs accused of...
For instance, the Digital Millennial Copyright Act of 1998 requires websites to remove links to fraudulently obtained material when the copyright holder requests it, and this provision has already been successfully invoked millions of times.
Google received 4,601 requests from July to December 2010 to hand over user data as a result of search warrants, subpoenas, and requests under the ECPA. While this sounds like a wonderful feature for users, it could also mean that secure...
The Google Transparency Report has been updated to include data on Government requests for user information. Google notes the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, which allows government data requests without warrants, as a major contributor.
In the final six months of 2010, Google received 4,601 requests for data as a result of search warrants, subpoenas, and searches justified by the ECPA; they complied with 94 percent of the requests, according to the Google Transparency Report...
Second requests are not unheard of and while this does not mean the deal will be blocked, Google conceded that it won’t close right away. Google Requests Confidentiality in ATs lawsuit against ATcompetitively sensitive” data related to launch plans...
Removed properties can be anything from a YouTube video to a Blogger blog to a Google Groups discussion to a single search page result, and many of the requests call for the removal of a large batch (as many as several thousand) of items.
Google Recording 50% Annual Growth in African Search Requests - Bloomberg great user-created maps chronicling Egypt - Google LatLong Government Controlled Search Engine Panguso Launches in China by Danny Goodwin
But perhaps the biggest change in that blog post was the fact that the Lab is finally admitting what many of us already knew: that they are not paying any attention anymore (cough) to votes on issues presented in the JIRA, the place where one...
Obviously, major celebs like Stephen Fry get thousands of these requests every day, so you're unlikely to be lucky enough to get them to promote you. The recession caused donors to tighten their purse strings, while government spending cuts have...
Google Will Respond to "Valid Requests" for Data From India - PCWorld The new tax on online advertising spends called the "Google tax" was passed by the French government this week and will start Jan.
