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  1. Google Reports Surge in Government Takedown Requests

    As we've gathered and released more data over time, it's become increasingly clear that the scope of government attempts to censor content on Google services has grown," wrote Google legal director Susan Infantino in a blog post.

  2. The Content Marketing Elephant & the Enterprise

    Few legal teams are concerned with earning valuable backlinks for a business line of goods or services. The story of the blind men and the elephant is a widely known Indian parable that was brought to Europe in the 19th century by the poet John...

  3. Social Media ROI: 14 Formulas to Measure Social Media Benefits

    Brand monitoring or social listening services at a total of $_______ / year. For each tactic, brainstorm possible implementation outcomes and factors – both good and bad.e.g.social shares, web traffic, comments, testimonies, user-generated content...

  4. Why & How Google Hands Over Users' Data to Governments

    We're a law-abiding company, and we don't want our services to be used in harmful ways," he added. David Drummond, Google SVP and chief legal officer, wrote in a blog post that the company receives dozens of requests a day from government agencies...

  5. FTC to Drop Vertical Search Antitrust Case Against Google? No Consumer Harm Found

    The FTC has enough evidence to prove that Google ranks its services higher than those of its competitors. As European Commission vice chairman Joaquin Almunia has indicated publicly, the evidence clearly shows Google's search bias and manipulation...

  6. Google Seeks Ban on iPhone, iPad in Patent Lawsuit

    Google's Motorola Mobility division has filed a patent infringement claim against Apple over the Siri voice control and location-based services used on iPhones and iPads. Apple is still embroiled in ongoing legal action with Samsung, with both...

  7. Google Reveals More Government Search Censorship Requests

    We noticed that government agencies from different countries would sometimes ask us to remove political content that our users had posted on our services. Laws surrounding these issues vary by country, and the requests reflect the legal context of...

  8. Google’s Rosetta Stone AdWords Woes Continue as Case Reopened

    Google’s current AdWords policy prohibits intellectual property rights infringement by advertisers, though they note that trademarks are territorial and apply only to certain goods or services. That said, we are always looking for ways to improve...

  9. Google’s Human Trafficking Ad Policy Questioned

    Escort services Other adult sexual services. Additionally, Google bans ads for illegal products and services, which likely covers human trafficking. Legal and consensual pornography advertisments are allowed, but with limitations.

  10. New Google Privacy Policy Combines User Data From All Google Services

    Our new Privacy Policy makes clear that, if you’re signed in, we may combine information you've provided from one service with information from other services. Even if the company believes that tracking users across all platforms improves their...

  11. SOPA Explained: Why It’s Bad for the Web & How to #StopSOPA

    We oppose the passage of the SOPA bill as currently drafted, but hundreds of millions of customers rely on our services every day so we don’t plan to shut those down to express our view. Private right of action that may enable entities to bypass...