In more places than ever, we've been asked by governments to remove political content that people post on our services. From July to December 2012 Google received 2,285 government requests to remove content from its platforms, an all-time high.
It's one thing for governments, who have some legitimacy in what they're doing, but have other people doing it.it's not going to happen. Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt took some time out of his busy schedule this weekend to tell the...
Governments, he says, will find it "too risky" to have thousands of citizens "anonymous, untraceable and unverified" online, suggesting they will want to require verification of all online accounts at some level of government.
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...
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. Twitter's transparency report shows that governmental requests for data have grown over the course of 2012.
Governments and solution providers, especially in the EU, have come to terms with what it means to be compliant and are working on very creative solutions that should provide a nice compromise for 2013.
News of the tax dodging comes as governments from around the world begin decrying corporate tax avoidance. Google shifted $9.8 billion in revenue to Bermuda in order to avoid paying $2 billion in global taxes, Bloomberg reported.
Governments everywhere are opening up their data to the public and third-party developers. The Open Data idea is a genuine worldwide movement, spanning governments, businesses, and nonprofits complete with conferences, app developer challenges, and...
Google has slammed an upcoming meeting of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), set for Dec.in Dubai, which the company says will give governments the chance to set new regulations without input from citizens and user advocacy groups.
Capable SEO, digital agencies, and technology consultants that understand the issues and approaches to implementing enterprise SEO are well positioned to sell in this crucial service to federal, state, and local governments.
Saying Google hates SEOs would be like saying governments would hate citizens who self-trained themselves to follow all the rules. Why do so many use our terms so incorrectly? And does Google really hate SEOs?
Despite the governments attempts to ban certain internet uses many Iranian citizens are said to avoid restrictions by using virtual private networks to gain access to blocked sites. Iranian officials have unblocked Gmail services for the country's...
During the energy crisis of the 1970s, governments scrambled desperately to promote conservation as a method of combating rising demand and uncertain supplies. In Holland, one suburb’s consumption patterns utterly baffled the officials.
Google recently launched a new campaign called Legalize Love, designed to promote LGBT rights internationally by pressuring governments to decriminalize homosexuality. It’s a natural cause for the tech company, which has historically promoted an...
In addition, governments sent over 18,000 requests for access to the personal data of 28,562 users worldwide. In some cases, such as those user data requests by the governments of Russia and Turkey, Google refused to comply with a single request.
Giving a large discount for local governments and the official city website (e.g.for listings on your job portal to which they in turn should link) get you extremely relevant links. Do you then start your link building by focusing on each...
Brin's comments were made from his Google+ profile, and were in reaction to what he called "distorted" secondary coverage of comments he made earlier this week, in which he seemed to indicate that governments, Apple, and Facebook all pose threats...
Google co-founder Sergey Brin has warned against the growing number of restrictions on the Internet arising from governments' attempts to control communications and censor populations in nations such as China.
All the data you need to create linkable material is provided by governments around the world for free. The sources of data to create highly linkable material is provided by governments around the world.
For anybody following Google, this shouldn’t be shocking, especially with increasing legal and antitrust scrutiny from governments and privacy bodies around the world. The big change: Google clearly states that it will combine information from...
