December 16th, 2009 | by Google Public Policy Blog | published in Google Public Policy
Posted by Bob Boorstin, Public Policy DirectorEvery day, around the world, an increasing number of governments are restricting access to information online. Google faces these challenges in countries as varied as Germany, Turkey, and the People’s Repub…
December 15th, 2009 | by Google Public Policy Blog | published in Google Public Policy
Posted by Scott Rubin, Sr. Manager, Public Policy CommunicationsA few weeks ago we unveiled a set of child safety videos and this week we’re kicking off our first-ever Digital Literacy Tour in the US at Robinson Secondary School in Fairfax, Virginia.Wi…
December 14th, 2009 | by Google Public Policy Blog | published in Google Public Policy
Posted by Dorothy Chou, policy analystLast week, Dr. Ron Deibert, Director of the Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto, came to the Googleplex in Mountain View to give a presentation on the Open Internet Initiative’s recent studies on the policies …
December 10th, 2009 | by Google Public Policy Blog | published in Google Public Policy
Posted by Derek Slater, Policy AnalystHow are the performance and quality of broadband networks changing over time? How does the service experienced by users on certain networks compare against others?Today, Measurement Lab (M-Lab) took another step to…
December 9th, 2009 | by Google Public Policy Blog | published in Google Public Policy
Posted by Galen Panger, Global Communications and Public AffairsGoogle D.C. hosted over 50 teachers in our office today for the 2009 Google Teacher Academy. Google for Educators head and Senior Product Marketing Manager Cristin Frodella explains what i…
December 8th, 2009 | by Google Public Policy Blog | published in Google Public Policy
Posted by Sunil Daluvoy, New Business DevelopmentWe were at Kramer Middle School in the Anacostia neighborhood of Washington, D.C., this morning for an exciting announcement. Google has teamed up with One Economy, Qualcomm, and Cricket Wireless to deli…
December 7th, 2009 | by Google Public Policy Blog | published in Google Public Policy
Posted by Jane Horvath, Global Privacy CounselWhat happens to privacy when new technologies are adopted by society? That’s what the Federal Trade Commission is looking into today in the first of a three-part series of roundtable discussions about the p…
December 4th, 2009 | by Google Public Policy Blog | published in Google Public Policy
Posted by Bob Boorstin, Director, Public Policy TeamCollecting and sharing the most accurate information about place names and borders is a tough task that every map maker faces. The first sources are the nations themselves, but when neighboring countr…
December 1st, 2009 | by Google Public Policy Blog | published in Google Public Policy
Posted by Josh Cohen, Senior Business Product ManagerFor the next two days, the Federal Trade Commission will explore a subject that’s central to democracy: the future of news. I’ll be representing Google at the event, which the commission is calling “…
November 19th, 2009 | by Google Public Policy Blog | published in Google Public Policy
Posted by Pablo Chavez, Managing Policy CounselUPDATE 11/24/09: Full-length video of our announcement event in Washington, D.C. has been posted to YouTube and is embedded at the bottom of this blog post. We have included English captions using our new …
November 18th, 2009 | by Google Public Policy Blog | published in Google Public Policy
Posted by Susan Pointer, Director of Public Policy and Government Relations, and Maximilian Senges, Policy Analyst(Cross-posted from the European Public Policy Blog)It’s been an exciting week here in sunny Sharm El Sheikh at the Internet Governance For…
November 17th, 2009 | by Google Public Policy Blog | published in Google Public Policy
Posted by Vint Cerf, Chief Internet EvangelistDelegates from around the world are in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, this week for the annual Internet Governance Forum. This is the fourth year of the IGF, meetings started by the United Nations, the mandate of …
November 14th, 2009 | by Google Public Policy Blog | published in Google Public Policy
Posted by Dan Clancy, Google Books Engineering DirectorLast year, we joined with a broad class of authors and publishers to announce a settlement agreement that would make millions of out-of-print books available to students and readers in every part o…
November 12th, 2009 | by Google Public Policy Blog | published in Google Public Policy
Posted by Pablo Chavez, Managing Policy CounselThis afternoon we’re taking part in the Food and Drug Administration’s public hearing to discuss the online advertising of regulated medical products on the Internet. The two day hearing – being live cast …
November 11th, 2009 | by Google Public Policy Blog | published in Google Public Policy
Posted by Joe Sexton, Fellowship CoordinatorInternet policy wonks are different. When the weather gets colder and most people think about planning their July beach vacation, we think about what’s going to be on July’s docket at the FCC, or what tech le…