Google Public Policy Blog: December 2010

Governments shouldn’t have a monopoly on Internet governance

Friday, December 17, 2010

Posted by Vint Cerf, Chief Internet EvangelistannouncedIGFjoint letteronline petition

The Department of Commerce explores privacy

Thursday, December 16, 2010

Posted by Pablo Chavez, Director of Public PolicyannouncedInternet Policy Task Forcefirst reportgreen paperreleasedglobal framework for privacyWe’re on board with that

An update on Google Fiber

Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Posted by Milo Medin, Vice President, Access Services(Cross posted on the Official Google Blog)announcedexperimentingannouncingincredibleresponded

Posted by Don Harrison, Deputy General CounselbeforeWashington Post writes todayAll companies make “build vs. buy” decisions. acquiredacquiredHart-Scott-RodinoWe’re competing against other companies for acquisitions. In 2007Acquisitions are typically good for consumers and the economy. acquisitionacquisitionCourts and regulators recognize efficiencies in mergers into new spaces. acquisitionacquisitionacquisition

Local search: It’s all about the best answers for users

Monday, December 13, 2010

Posted by Carter Maslan, Director of Product ManagementWall Street JournalstorywroteAnswering users' queries accurately and quickly is our number one goal. Sometimes the best, most relevant answer to a query is our traditional “ten blue links,” and sometimes it is a news article, sports score, stock quote, video, or a map.introduced

Call credits for military families this holiday season

Friday, December 3, 2010

Posted by Michael Bolognino, Product Marketing Manager(Cross-posted from the Google Voice Blog) video chatfree calls to the U.S. and Canada$10 calling creditGoogle VoiceGmailBlue Star FamiliesSesame Street

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Making Copyright Work Better Online

Thursday, December 2, 2010

Posted by Kent Walker, General Counsel1 trillion unique URLsmore than 35 hours of video uploadedthinklaughlearn new things

We’ll act on reliable copyright takedown requests within 24 hours. We will build tools to improve the submission process to make it easier for rightsholders to submit DMCA takedown requests for Google products (starting with Blogger and web Search). And for copyright owners who use the tools responsibly, we’ll reduce our average response time to 24 hours or less. At the same time, we’ll improve our “counter-notice” tools for those who believe their content was wrongly removed and enable public searching of takedown requests.

We will prevent terms that are closely associated with piracy from appearing in Autocomplete. While it’s hard to know for sure when search terms are being used to find infringing content, we’ll do our best to prevent Autocomplete from displaying the terms most frequently used for that purpose.

We will improve our AdSense anti-piracy review. We have always prohibited the use of our AdSense program on web pages that provide infringing materials. Building on our existing DMCA takedown procedures, we will be working with rightsholders to identify, and, when appropriate, expel violators from the AdSense program.

We will experiment to make authorised preview content more readily accessible in search results. Not surprisingly, we’re big fans of making authorised content more accessible on the Internet. Most users want to access legitimate content and are interested in sites that make that content available to them (even if only on a preview basis). We’ll be looking at ways to make this content easier to index and find.

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New in Public Data Explorer: Visualize the US Budget

Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Posted by John Lyman, Public Data PartnershipsPublic Data ExplorerCensus BureauEnergy Information AdministrationBureau of Labor StatisticsBureau of Economic Analysis

Public Policy Blog

Governments shouldn’t have a monopoly on Internet governance

The Department of Commerce explores privacy

An update on Google Fiber

Acquisitions and antitrust

Local search: It’s all about the best answers for users

Call credits for military families this holiday season

Making Copyright Work Better Online

New in Public Data Explorer: Visualize the US Budget

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