Google has released its latest transparency report in which it details the extent to which public bodies have requested the removal of content and the amount of requests it has received for access to its users' private information. ...
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IDG News Service-Access to Google services in China appeared to return Saturday morning after they were blocked briefly as the country prepares to appoint new leadership. The blocking appeared to last for about 12 hours,with Internet ...
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Google has released its latest transparency report in which it details the extent to which public bodies have requested the removal of content and the amount of requests it has received for access to its users'private information. Further ...
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Google said it had no choice but to block a political video in Brazil, after it lost a court appeal. "We are deeply disappointed that we have never had the full opportunity to argue in court that these were legitimate free speech videos ...
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Google says the number of requests by copyright holders to have content removed has doubled in the past month to 1.5 million a week. Under the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act,copyright holders have the right to demand that websites ...
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Twitter has received more government requests for user information in the first six months of this year than it did in all of 2011, the company reported this week. Taking a page from Google, the micro-blogging site released on Monday its ...
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