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Posted by William Echikson, Google Head of Free Expression, Europe Middle East and Africa (Cross-posted from the Google European Public Policy Blog)At Google, we believe that it is important for the international community to step up in defense of fre…

Google’s mission is to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful. We believe that the Internet can be a transformational force for societies and for empowering individuals. That is why we were so excited to hear …

Posted by Nishit Shah, Product Manager, Google Security (Cross-posted on the Online Security Blog) Earlier this year, we introduced a security feature called 2-step verification that helps protect your Google Account from threats like password com…

Posted by Neal Mohan, Vice President of Display AdvertisingLast month we announced our plans to acquire Admeld, in order to make display advertising simpler, more efficient and more valuable for publishers. Companies have publicly said that this acquis…

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…