January 26th, 2012 | by Google Public Policy Blog | published in Google Public Policy, Uncategorized
Posted by Betsy Masiello, Policy Manager A lot has been said about our new privacy policy. Some have praised us for making our privacy policy easier to understand. Others have asked questions, including members of Congress, and that’s understandable…
January 18th, 2012 | by Google Public Policy Blog | published in Google Public Policy, Uncategorized
Posted by David Drummond, SVP Corporate Development and Chief Legal Officer You might notice many of your favorite websites look different today. Wikipedia is down. WordPress is dark. We’re censoring our homepage logo and asking you to petition Cong…
January 17th, 2012 | by Google Public Policy Blog | published in Google Public Policy
Posted by Alma Whitten, Director of Privacy, Product and Engineering(Cross-posted from the Official Google Blog)Does this person sound familiar? He can’t be bothered to type a password into his phone every time he wants to play a game of Angry Birds….
January 6th, 2012 | by Google Public Policy Blog | published in Google Public Policy, Uncategorized
Posted by Liz Eraker, Policy Counsel We are strong believers in the importance of abuse reporting tools that identify harmful and illegal content online. That’s why we are proud to say we recently helped The National Center for Missing & Exploited Ch…
December 14th, 2011 | by Google Public Policy Blog | published in Google Public Policy, Uncategorized
Posted by Shona Brown, SVP, Google.org (Cross-posted from the Official Google Blog)As the holiday season approaches we thought it was a good moment to update you on some grants we’re making to support education, technology and the fight against modern…
December 13th, 2011 | by Google Public Policy Blog | published in Google Public Policy
Posted by Pablo Chavez, Director, Public PolicyFrom intellectual property enforcement, to patents, to free expression, policy makers are focused on the web. We’re excited to launch the 5th summer of the Google Policy Fellowship, connecting students o…
December 9th, 2011 | by Google Public Policy Blog | published in Google Public Policy
Posted by Suzanne Michel, Senior Patent Counsel In passing and signing the America Invents Act, Congress and President Obama recognized the high costs and harms to innovation posed by invalid patents. To help combat the problem, the law creates three …
December 8th, 2011 | by Google Public Policy Blog | published in Google Public Policy
Posted by Rogier Klimbie, Policy Manager, AmsterdamEditor’s note: In parallel with the Big Tent event in the Hague, earlier today we partnered with the Royal Netherlands Embassy in Washington, DC to hold a seminar on internet freedom at the Newseum. …
November 28th, 2011 | by Google Public Policy Blog | published in Google Public Policy
Posted by Ben Gomes, Google Fellow(Cross-posted on from the Official Google Blog)This summer we posted a video that takes a peek under the hood of search, sharing the methodology behind search ranking and evaluation. Through this methodology, we make r…
November 16th, 2011 | by Google Public Policy Blog | published in Google Public Policy
Posted by Pablo Chavez, Director of Public Policy This morning Google copyright policy counsel Katherine Oyama will testify before the House Judiciary Committee on the Stop Online Piracy Act. You can read her written and her oral testimony.We strongly…
November 14th, 2011 | by Google Public Policy Blog | published in Google Public Policy
Posted by Matt Cutts, Distinguished Engineer Starting today, we’ll begin cross-posting some entries from our Inside Search blog to help pull back the curtain even further on how Google search works. We hope to provide greater transparency by posting r…
November 11th, 2011 | by Google Public Policy Blog | published in Google Public Policy
Posted by Kevin Lo, General Manager, Google AccessYesterday, we announced that we’ve partnered with Startup Weekend—a global organization committed to promoting real entrepreneurship in local communities. Startup Weekend hosts events in more than 2…
November 7th, 2011 | by Google Public Policy Blog | published in Google Public Policy
Posted by Christina Chen, Product Manager, Search(Cross-posted on the Official Google Blog and Inside Search blog)Earlier today, President Obama spoke about the importance of helping returning military veterans find work. Thousands of businesses have c…
November 4th, 2011 | by Google Public Policy Blog | published in Google Public Policy
Posted by Winter Casey, Senior Policy Analyst, GoogleThe global economy relies on the free flow of information more than ever before. Companies large and small can use the Internet to reach new markets, which contributes to economic growth, job creati…
October 31st, 2011 | by Google Public Policy Blog | published in Google Public Policy
Posted by Carrie Laureno, Audience Evangelist and Founder of the Google Veterans Network Last week, Google launched the “Chrome for Wounded, Ill and Injured Warriors” program in partnership with the American Red Cross Service to the Armed Forces. G…