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Posted by Tom Pickett, Director of Content Operations and Online Creators(Cross-posted from the Official Google Blog and the YouTube Blog)College friends make trick basketball shots into a career. A small blender company gets internatio…

Posted by Damian Menscher, Security Engineer(Cross-posted from the Official Google Blog)The Internet brings remarkable benefits to society. Unfortunately, some people use it for harm and their own gain at the expense of others. We believe in the power …

Posted by Meredith Whittaker, Program Manager, Google, and Nick Feamster, Associate Professor, Georgia TechOver the past two and a half years, more than 40 million consumers have accessed Measurement Lab tools to better understand their broadband perfo…

Posted by Will Houghteling, YouTube News and Politics Throughout the past year American embassies, consulates, and ambassadors around the world have uploaded hundreds of videos to YouTube across a wide array of topics. Some are informative, like U.S. …

Posted by Mistique Cano, Manager, Public Policy CommunicationsSince we announced last Friday that the FTC is reviewing our business practices, there’s been a lot of commentary about what it all means. We thought we’d share just a few of those view…

Posted by Bill Weihl, Green Energy Czar, and Charles Baron, Google.org, Clean Energy Team (Cross-posted from the Official Google Blog.)At Google, we’re committed to using technology to solve one of the greatest challenges we face as a country: build…

Posted by Derek Slater, Policy ManagerTen years ago, the vast majority of Internet users said they wouldn’t use the Internet for any financial transactions. Today, more than 70 percent of Internet users access their credit card account via the Internet…

Posted by Jared Cohen, Director, Google Ideas(Cross-posted from the European Public Policy Blog.)When Google decided to set up a think/do tank, we vowed to avoid the safe route.Google Ideas seeks to bring the ideas of a wide range of thinkers to bear o…

Posted by Amit Singhal, Google Fellow(Cross-posted from the Official Google Blog.)At Google, we’ve always focused on putting the user first. We aim to provide relevant answers as quickly as possible—and our product innovation and engineering talent…

Posted by Jim Gerber, Director, Strategic Partnerships, News(Cross-posted from the Official Google Blog and the Google News Blog.)Over the past few months, we’ve announced $5 million in grants to be distributed by the John S. and James L. Knight Foun…

Posted by William Echikson, Head of Free Expression Policy, Europe, Middle East and AfricaInternational organizations are stepping up in defense of protecting and advancing the free flow of information online. A high-level United Nations representative…

Posted by Andreas Tuerk, Product ManagerIn recent years, it’s become easier and easier to publish information about yourself online, through powerful new platforms like social networking sites and photo sharing services. One way to manage your privac…

Posted by Michael Terrell, Energy Policy CounselStudies show when people have more direct feedback on their electricity consumption, they make simple changes that save them energy and money. Take Tom Tassi from Kenosha, Wisconsin, for example. He cut …

Posted by Will Houghteling, YouTube News & PoliticsFrom Congressman Ryan explaining his budget plan through data visualizations, to Governor Christie posting responses during Town Hall meetings, to national leaders participating in the “It Gets B…

Posted by Harry Wingo, Senior Policy CounselThe Internet has brought considerable social and economic benefit to world, but today faces a broad range of security challenges. It’s important that governments and industry continue to work together to me…