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Google, the Wassenaar Arrangement, and vulnerability research
Posted by Neil Martin, Export Compliance Counsel, Google Legal & Tim Willis, Hacker Philanthropist, Chrome Security TeamCross-posted on the Google Online Security BlogAs the usage and complexity of...
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How policymakers can support broadband abundance
Posted by Staci Pies, Public Policy and Government Relations CounselNearly three years ago, Nick Budidharma, an 18 year old game developer, drove with his parents from Hilton Head, S.C., to live in a...
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Creating Value For Consumers From Unused TV Channels
Posted by Staci Pies, Public Policy and Government Relations CounselModern wireless devices, from smartphones to tablets to wearable technologies, often rely on access to both a licensed cellular...
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Protecting people from illegal robocalls
Posted by Brad Wetherall, Google My Business Operations Manager You’re eating dinner with your family when the phone rings, and you see a phone number that you don’t recognize. You answer and hear a...
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Positive Momentum for the Judicial Redress Act
Posted by David Lieber, Senior Privacy Policy CounselUS privacy and security laws make distinctions among US persons and non-US persons that are becoming obsolete in a world where communications...
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The Time for Reform is Now
Posted by Richard Salgado, Director for Law Enforcement and Information Security As the debate over electronic communications privacy escalates in Congress and around the country, I testified this week...
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Furthering Broadband Abundance in America
Posted by George Ivanov, Senior Analyst, Public Policy and Government RelationsWhen we broke ground on Google Fiber in our first group of cities, we ran shovel-first into the old saying that “you never...
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Dig Once, Gain Broadband Later
Posted by Staci Pies, Public Policy and Government Relations CounselHere’s a simple, bipartisan idea for spreading broadband to more places.When broadband providers construct a network, they need to...
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A Step Toward Protecting Fair Use on YouTube
Posted by Fred von Lohmann, Copyright Legal DirectorMore than 400 hours of video are uploaded to YouTube every minute. Some of those uploads make use of existing content, like music or TV clips, in new...
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Taking Stock of Improvements to Transparency Around National Security Demands
Posted by Richard Salgado, Legal Director, Law Enforcement and Information Security and David Lieber, Senior Privacy Policy CounselToday, we're updating our Transparency Report concerning government...
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2016 Google North America Public Policy Fellowship Now Accepting Applications
Posted by Stephanie Valencia, Strategic Outreach and PartnershipsOver the last couple of summers, students from all over the US and Canada participated in Google’s Public Policy Fellowship, exploring...
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Joining Together to Avoid a Troubling Legal Precedent
Posted by Richard Salgado, Director of Law Enforcement and Information Security, GoogleToday, Google joined a variety of technology companies to file an amicus brief in US federal court. Together, we...
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Google, YouTube and Binge On
Posted by Christian Kleinerman, Product Management Director, YouTubeLast November, T-Mobile introduced a program called Binge On, which allows video services and users to reduce T-Mobile’s data charges...
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Bringing Internet Voices into Trade
Posted by David Weller, Head of Global Trade PolicyThe Internet is fundamentally transforming global trade.When we think about trade, we're likely to picture container ships navigating the Panama Canal...
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A Landmark Vote for Electronic Privacy
Posted by Richard Salgado, Director, Law Enforcement and Information SecurityThe House of Representatives’ unanimous (419-0) passage of the Email Privacy Act (H.R. 699) is a decisive victory for...
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Join Chancellor Merkel and President Obama on their Hannover Messe Tour
Posted by Alex Sanchez, Public Policy TeamGoogle captures tour at Hannover Fair with 360-degree video technologyLast week marked the first visit of a U.S. President to the Hannover Messe, the world’s...
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An Update to Our AdWords Policy on Lending Products
Posted by David Graff, Director, Global Product PolicyWhen ads are good, they connect people to interesting, useful brands, businesses and products. Unfortunately, not all ads are--some are for fake or...
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Innovating for a Cleaner Energy Future
Posted by Astri Kimball, Senior Policy CounselEnergy ministers from around the globe visited the Bay Area this week for their first meeting following the signing of historic climate change agreements...
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The Trans-Pacific Partnership: A Step Forward for the Internet
Posted by Kent Walker, SVP and General CounselWhen we think about global trade, most of us imagine container ships navigating the Panama Canal and large multinational companies with warehouses around...
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Global Network Initiative Releases 2015 Assessment Report
Posted by Lewis Segall, Senior Counsel, Ethics and Compliance and Alex Walden, Counsel, Free Expression and Human RightsGoogle is proud to be a founding member of the Global Network Initiative (GNI), a...
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