Posted by Patricia Moll, European Policy ManagerThe European Union recently agreed on new rules for broadcasting and on-demand content. The catchily termed “Audiovisual Media Services Directive” – formerly known as the “Television Without Frontiers” …
Posted by Adam Kovacevich, Manager, Global Communications and Public AffairsRep. Ron Paul (R-TX) became the fifth presidential candidate to visit the Googleplex Friday (following Hillary Clinton, John McCain, Bill Richardson and John Edwards), and the …
Posted by Peter Fleischer, Global Privacy Counsel, Google Citizens should have a right to privacy online. And governments have an obligation to keep their citizens safe. Finding the right balance between privacy and security is a delicate balancing…
Posted by Richard Whitt, Washington Telecom and Media CounselAs I’ve written before, Google has become increasingly involved in U.S. spectrum policy issues this year. One of our top public policy objectives is to expand the Internet’s reach to more …
Posted by Adam Kovacevich, Manager, Global Communications and Public AffairsStill looking for that perfect summer vacation? Consider a visit to great Nebraska destinations like the Fort Robinson State Park, the Stuhr Museum of the Prairie Pioneer, and…
Posted by Richard Whitt, Washington Telecom and Media CounselI’ve addressed some of your comments about the broadband market and differentiating web traffic based on type. Now I’ll turn to another big subject of your comments on net neutrality. Doug,…
Posted by Rishi Jaitly, Policy AnalystAt the risk of sounding like a broken record, one of our policy aims is expanding free flows of information around the world, and advancing the practical ability of users to express themselves. The Internet can cl…
Posted by Richard Whitt, Washington Telecom and Media Counsel Yesterday I addressed some of the comments on my net neutrality post dealing with the broadband market. Today I’ll delve a little deeper on another issue you asked about: type-based traff…
Posted by Adam Kovacevich, Manager, Global Communications and Public AffairsThere’s been some discussion here in Washington about our planned acquisition of DoubleClick — as well as questions from policymakers about what this acquisition and others me…
Posted by Richard Whitt, Washington Telecom and Media Counsel Thanks to all who read my initial posting on network neutrality, and especially to those folks who took the time to leave comments. While I don’t have the persona…
Posted by Adam Kovacevich, Manager, Global Communications and Public AffairsIt’s been pretty cool to work on a project like this blog for a few months, flip a switch to turn it on, and sit back and watch users respond. Now I know how our engineers fee…
Posted by Andrew McLaughlin, Director of Public Policy and Government AffairsThe Associated Press is running a story headlined “Google Asks Government to Fight Censorship.” The story highlights some (until now) fairly quiet discussions we’ve been …
Posted by Liz Eraker, Policy AnalystEarlier we told you about how Sen. Ben Nelson used Google Earth and Maps to illustrate his trip to Iraq. Yesterday, a state government official hit Capitol Hill to talk about how his agency is using Google Earth for …
Posted by Pablo Chavez, Policy CounselNew York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg — a guy who knows firsthand about using technology to make information more available — visited the Googleplex yesterday to see the campus and talk to Googlers about a broad …
Posted by Andrew McLaughlin, Director of Public Policy and Government AffairsAt the beginning of 2005, I was Google’s lone public policy guy. Today, there’s a bigger – and growing – team of us scattered around the world, working on issues like priva…