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  1. Google Reports Surge in Government Takedown Requests

    Google reported in its bi-annual transparency report that government requested takedowns are up from the first half of last year. More than 30 percent of requests come from members of government hoping to remove defamatory content, according to...

  2. Weekly Rundown: Lost Google Image Search Traffic, Facebook Search Ads & More

    Software must: be pre-approved by Google; offer one-click, complete uninstall; provide clear, full disclosure and transparency to people about what is being installed and what changes are being made to their devices; install itself on only one...

  3. How to Avoid PR Disaster With a Social Media Policy

    Include guidelines about confidential and proprietary information and how each should be treated and balanced against the transparency that consumers increasingly expect from social media. A recent report published by the Wildfire Google Team – The...

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

    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...

  5. Google Transparency Report Adds Details on Subpoenas, Search Warrants, Court Orders

    Today, Google released new data in the Transparency Report, showing user data requests received, through which means, and for how many of those requests data was produced and presumably released to the requesting party.

  6. A Comprehensive Guide to Understanding Quality Score & Tactics for Improvement

    Transparency. Next, filter this report by removing paused or deleted campaigns. Next, run a “Diagnostics Report” by: selecting the “Keywords” tab →”More Actions”→ “Diagnose Keywords” Too frequently, PPC managers associate bid strength with quality...

  7. Google Accused of Being Too Slow to Derank Pirate Websites

    Google's transparency report shows they know clearly which are most infringing domains. Sites with high numbers of removal notices are now more likely to appear lower in our results, we've made it easier to report pirated material and now take down...

  8. Google: Nearly 6 Million Requests to Remove Search Results This Month

    Google revealed the extent of the search removal requests in the latest update to its Transparency Report Page. Google’s Transparency Report only includes requests sent via Google’s web form and doesn’t include copyright removal requests for other...

  9. Google Reveals More Government Search Censorship Requests

    Google found that their videos did violate YouTube’s Community Guidelines and as a result, complied with the association’s request.some content removals are requested due to allegations of defamation, while others are due to allegations that the...

  10. Google Failing on Piracy, Claims RIAA, Hollywood Agent

    The post comes following last week's Google transparency report showing who requests takedowns each month. The RIAA's complaints come following a Google transparency report last week that showed who and how many copyright complaints Google gets...

  11. Google Copyright URL Removal Requests Top 1.2 Million

    Google's Transparency Report has been around since 2010. When something gets in the way of the free flow of information, we believe there should be transparency around what that block might be," said Google Senior Copyright Counsel Fred von Lohmann...