Posted by Richard Whitt, Washington Telecom and Media CounselRemember how, before cable and satellite TV became ubiquitous in our homes, we would have to turn the VHF dial on our old televisions to watch local channels? NBC might have been on channel …
Posted by Nicklas Lundblad, European Policy Manager – StockholmElections bring new and interesting uses of the Internet. A case in point is Denmark’s snap election in November.The country is very Internet-savvy and was recently found to have the highe…
Posted by Peter Fleischer, Global Privacy Counsel California has a way of inventing things that turn out to be popular around the world (hey, not just Google). California passed the first so-called security breach notification law, in 2002. To date,…
Posted by Rishi Jaitly, Policy Analyst – Google India”Intermediary liability” may sound like something you’d only hear about in a law school torts class, but its meaning is both important and easy for all Internet users to understand. It’s the principl…
Posted by Pablo Chavez, Policy CounselA recent article about our treatment of a political ad placed on Google suggested that we make decisions about advertising content based on the political viewpoint of the advertiser and the ad. This is simply untr…
Posted by Jake Hubert, Policy AnalystSenator Mike Gravel (D-AK, 1969-1981) may have felt like a “potted plant” during the YouTube debate, but during his visit to the Googleplex Wednesday he was the center of attention. Senator Gravel became the sixth …
Posted by Richard Whitt, Washington Media and Telecom CounselWhen the FCC in late July voted to adopt its spectrum band plan and license conditions for the upcoming 700 MHz auction, it was natural to assume that was the end of the regulatory story. To…
Posted by Pablo Chavez, Policy CounselLater today David Drummond, our Senior VP for Corporate Development and Chief Legal Officer, will take to Capitol Hill to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee about the latest developments in the online ad…
Posted by Pablo Chavez, Policy CounselI’ve blogged before about Google’s view that our acquisition of DoubleClick will lead to better, more useful online advertising for consumers, and more choices for advertisers and website publishers. We have also …
Posted by Pablo Chavez, Policy CounselOnline advertising is still a relatively new industry, and the recent flurry of acquisitions in this space – by Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, AOL, and other companies – has drawn even more attention to the issues i…
Posted by Andrew McLaughlin, Director of Global Public Policy and Government AffairsAmong the many excellent things about Australia (think: kangaroos, koalas, wombats, emus, kookaburras, the Great Barrier Reef, the Sydney Opera House, the Go-Betweens, …
Posted by Peter Fleischer, Global Privacy CounselAs I’ve noted before, everyone has a right to privacy online — and governments have an obligation to keep their citizens safe. Yet despite the international scope of even the most ordinary Internet act…
Posted by Chris Sacca, Head of Special InitiativesAs loyal readers of this blog know, earlier this year the Federal Communications Commission took some significant steps to giving consumers more choices when it comes to high-speed wireless Internet acc…
Posted by Johanna Shelton, Policy Counsel and Legislative StrategistMillions of people use Google’s search engine every day but don’t realize that the balance inherent in U.S. copyright law helps enable it to exist. Here at Google, we strongly suppo…
Posted by Pablo Chavez, Policy CounselAs Internet use continues to spread in the U.S., the government should pursue policies that help promote investment in, and greater consumer access to, faster and more robust broadband services. The current Intern…