The Internet is one of the world’s most widely used outlets for free expression. Perhaps this is why Google announced their new government censorship tool, launched Tuesday.
Archive for Government
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Google’s “Government Requests” Tool Amid Larger Digital Debates
Lindsay Martin
26Apr
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Domain Thief Faces First Ever Criminal Prosecution
Scott Phillips
A law firm computer technician has been arrested in the first ever criminal case for domain name theft. Daniel Goncalves was arrested on July 30th for hacking into a domain investor’s lawyer’s email account and transferring domain ownership of the URL www.p2p.com to his Go Daddy account. This marks the first time anyone has ever been arrested for domain theft. Read more about this breaking story here.
14Aug
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China Gags Social Media
Jason Barrett
China has recently blocked access to several social websites in an effort to preemptively strike against perceived opportunities to congregate and collaborate on the upcoming 20th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square riots. The anniversary is on June 4th and Chinese authorities have cut access to sites like Twitter, Flickr, Live, Bing (just came out and it is already being blocked), and YouTube.
02Jun
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Google Testifies to Congress on “The Future of Journalism”
Kyle Lewis
Google recently testified in front of Congress after being attacked by the The Associated Press over profiting off of work done by members of The Associated Press. Google’s goal was to convince the Senate that they are valuable to journalism, too.
11May
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Advertising Spend for Tax Prep Companies
Sherri Albus
Taxes have proven to be a big business in the United States, and not just for the state and federal government. According to Nielsen, tax services companies spent a total of $220 million on advertising in 2008, 11% more than the advertising spent in 2007.
28Apr
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Google Walking a Thin Line
Scott Phillips
Tech Crunch is reporting today that Google was just three hours away from having an antitrust lawsuit filed against them by the Justice Department, an action sparked by the proposed Google and Yahoo search advertising deal. Sanford “Sandy” Litvack, who would have been the lead counsel for the government had the lawsuit been carried out, said in the end Google blinked.
04Dec
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Future Of Mobile Could Be In FCC’s Hands
Scott Phillips
This coming November 4th, America will be voting on its future. This future not only lies with the 2008 Presidential election, but also with the FCC’s upcoming vote on the rules of the “white spaces” spectrum.
24Oct
