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Category Archives: Google Public Policy

Carhenge, here we come

Tuesday, July 3, 2007 at 3:38 PM
Posted by Adam Kovacevich, Manager, Global Communications and Public Affairs
Still looking for that perfect summer vacation? Consider a visit to great Nebraska destinations like the Fort Robinson State Park, the [...]

Net neutrality, con’t (part 3): payment for bandwidth

 
Thursday, June 28, 2007 at 1:04 PM
Posted by Richard Whitt, Washington Telecom and Media Counsel
I’ve addressed some of your comments about the broadband market and differentiating web traffic based on type. Now I’ll turn to another [...]

¡Bienvenido a YouTube, RCTV!

Posted by Rishi Jaitly, Policy Analyst
At the risk of sounding like a broken record, one of our policy aims is expanding free flows of information around the world, and advancing the practical ability of users to express themselves. The Internet [...]

Net neutrality, con’t (part 2): type-based differentiation

 
Wednesday, June 27, 2007 at 10:14 AM
Posted by Richard Whitt, Washington Telecom and Media Counsel
Yesterday I addressed some of the comments on my net neutrality post dealing with the broadband market. Today I’ll delve [...]

Why we’re buying DoubleClick

Tuesday, June 26, 2007 at 6:36 PM
Posted by Adam Kovacevich, Manager, Global Communications and Public Affairs
There’s been some discussion here in Washington about our planned acquisition of DoubleClick — as well as questions from policymakers about what [...]

Net neutrality, con’t (Part 1): the broadband market

Posted by Richard Whitt, Washington Telecom and Media Counsel
Thanks to all who read my initial posting on network neutrality, and especially to those folks who took the time to leave comments. While I don’t have the personal [...]

Our first week

Monday, June 25, 2007 at 1:01 AM
Posted by Adam Kovacevich, Manager, Global Communications and Public Affairs
It’s been pretty cool to work on a project like this blog for a few months, flip a switch to turn it [...]

Censorship as trade barrier

Friday, June 22, 2007 at 3:36 PM
Posted by Andrew McLaughlin, Director of Public Policy and Government Affairs
The Associated Press is running a story headlined “Google Asks Government to Fight Censorship.” The story highlights some (until now) fairly [...]

Alabama’s Security Chief Talks Google Earth on the Hill

Thursday, June 21, 2007 at 2:17 PM
Posted by Liz Eraker, Policy Analyst
Earlier we told you about how Sen. Ben Nelson used Google Earth and Maps to illustrate his trip to Iraq. Yesterday, a state government official hit [...]

Bloomberg by Bloomberg, at Google

 
Tuesday, June 19, 2007 at 8:44 AM
Posted by Pablo Chavez, Policy Counsel
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg — a guy who knows firsthand about using technology to make information more available — visited the Googleplex yesterday to [...]