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- 4 ex-Google employees who were fired over Thanksgiving are asking the US government to investigate https://www.businessinsider.com/google-employees-fired-over-thanksgiving-federal-investigation-2019-12 8 comments technology
- Exclusive: Government Secretly Orders Google To Identify Anyone Who Searched A Sexual Assault Victim’s Name, Address And Telephone Number https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2021/10/04/google-keyword-warrants-give-us-government-data-on-search-users/?sh=78a6f6657c97 11 comments law
- Government Secretly Orders Google To Identify Anyone Who Searched A Sexual Assault Victim’s Name, Address And Telephone Number https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2021/10/04/google-keyword-warrants-give-us-government-data-on-search-users/?sh=5c4886fb7c97 14 comments law
- Why you should be more concerned about internet shutdowns - Governments are turning off the internet to silence dissenters at an ‘exponential’ rate—and threatening civil society, says the chief operating officer of Google’s Jigsaw project. https://www.technologyreview.com/2021/09/09/1035237/internet-shutdowns-censorship-exponential-jigsaw-google/ 2 comments technology
- U.S. government to file antitrust lawsuit against Google on Tuesday - source http://www.reuters.com/article/us-tech-antitrust-google-iduskbn2751oc?utm_source=34553&utm_medium=partner 10 comments politics
- Americans trust Amazon and Google more than the police or the government, according to a nationwide survey https://cryptoprice.ng/en/blog/americans-trust-amazon-and-google-more-than-the-police-or-the-government-according-to-a-nationwide-survey 59 comments science
- Government Orders Google: Let Employees Speak Out https://www.wsj.com/articles/government-orders-google-let-employees-speak-out-11568284582 3 comments moderatepolitics
- Google, siding with Saudi Arabia, refuses to remove widely-criticized government app which lets men track women and control their travel https://www.thisisinsider.com/absher-google-refuses-to-remove-saudi-govt-app-that-tracks-women-2019-3 19 comments worldnews
- [International] Facebook and Google are becoming too big to be governed, French president Macron warns https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/facebook-google-too-big-french-president-emmanuel-macron-ai-artificial-intelligence-regulate-govern-a8283726.html 8 comments politics
- [P]Government of India States Google Maps is 'Unapproved' and 'Non-Authenticated' https://www.newsient.com/government-india-states-google-maps-unapproved-non-authenticated/5105 5 comments india
- Surprise! Non-profit chaired by Eric Schmidt ranks Google above Apple in privacy, governance, and freedom of expression https://9to5mac.com/2017/03/27/ranking-digital-rights-2017-corporate-accountability-index/?pushup=1 34 comments apple
- Britain on Friday will question executives from Google over why adverts marketing the government's services were appearing alongside videos carrying hate speech and extremist content on its YouTube website http://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-google-iduskbn16o1kz?il=0 3 comments worldnews
- The Russian government has demanded Apple and Google remove LinkedIn from their app stores http://www.recode.net/2017/1/7/14199344/linkedin-russia-ban-apple-google 17 comments technology
- WikiLeaks demands answers after Google hands staff emails to US government http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/jan/25/wikileaks-google-staff-emails-us-government 13 comments technology
- US government surveillance is destroying the digital economy, a roundtable of execs from Google, Microsoft, Facebook and other tech companies tell Sen. Ron Wyden http://www.cnet.com/au/news/us-spying-scandal-will-break-the-internet-says-googles-schmidt/ 869 comments technology
- Google: the unelected superpower - Google has cosied up to governments around the world so effectively that its chairman is a White House advisor http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/mediatechnologyandtelecoms/digital-media/10773901/google-the-unelected-superpower.html 8 comments politics
- Google has announced that it has enhanced encryption for its Gmail email service, bolstering security to protect customers from prying eyes, especially those of governments | As of today, Gmail will “always use an encrypted HTTPS connection” whenever a user checks their mail, or sends a new missive. http://techcrunch.com/2014/03/20/gmail-traffic-between-google-servers-now-encrypted-to-thwart-nsa-snooping/?ncid=rss 15 comments worldnews
- Reform Government Surveillance - AOL, Facebook, Google, LinkedIn, Microsoft, Twitter, Yahoo join forces http://reformgovernmentsurveillance.com 3 comments politics
- Google Transparency Report: "Government requests for Google user information double over three years." http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2013/11/government-requests-for-user.html 4 comments privacy
- The Japanese government will not give the prestigious Good Design Grand Award to Google Maps even though it received the most votes, prompting speculation that officials did not want to reward the service because it includes contentious names for disputed islets claimed by Japan. http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/11/08/national/google-maps-merits-denied-big-prize/ 3 comments worldnews
- Google is seeking ways to armor users' Drive files, sources say, a move that could curb government surveillance attempts http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-57594171-38/google-tests-encryption-to-protect-users-drive-files-against-government-demands/ 41 comments worldnews
- Facebook, Google and Microsoft want to show users just how much the federal government requests access to data. The actions are attempts to save face on the privacy front following reports of the PRISM program http://gigaom.com/2013/06/11/google-facebook-microsoft-seek-privacy-points-by-asking-permission-to-disclose-data-requests/ 3 comments technology
- Google Blog: What the ...? (regarding the recent revelations of government access to telephone and Internet records) http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2013/06/what.html 13 comments politics
- Google reports record spike in government requests to remove content http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2013/apr/25/google-government-content-removal-requests?cmp=twt_gu 3 comments technology
- Google Reports Internet Censorship Government Efforts Surge 70 Percent http://www.topsecretwriters.com/2012/11/google-internet-censorship-government-efforts/ 301 comments technology
- UK government's new party chairman founded company selling software that breaches Google code http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2012/sep/02/grant-shapps-google-howtocorp-adsense 4 comments worldnews
- Internet keeps government honest: Google chief http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/11/13/internet-keeps-government-honest-google-chief/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed%3A+therawstory+%28the+raw+story%29 4 comments politics
- Google hands over WikiLeaks Volunteers private data to the U.S. government without a search warrant http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/google_hands_wikileaks_volunteers_gmail_data_to_us.php 3 comments reddit.com
- Google, Twitter and Facebook are increasingly being co-opted by law enforcement and the Federal government to spy on you new report shows. Google charge 25$ per person, while Facebook is free of charge for law enforcement to track you on their website. http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/09/30/us-internet-security-idustre78t2gy20110930 67 comments technology
- Glenn Beck: "Don't do a Google search" because "Google is pretty deeply in bed with the government". http://mediamatters.org/mmtv/201102140037 1184 comments politics
- The Geopolitics of Google Earth: Governments are using the images to find tax cheats and illegal pot plantations http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2010/08/06/the_geopolitics_of_google_earth?page=full 7 comments worldnews
- Does Google Give the US Government Access To Gmail? http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=10/04/07/1546221 3 comments reddit.com
- Australian government to try and pass internet filter within weeks. Senator Conroy tries to lambaste Google and fails. Poll within - you know what to do Reddit. http://www.theage.com.au/technology/technology-news/government-goes-to-war-with-google-over-net-censorship-20100330-r9bp.html 62 comments worldnews
- China: "Google's high-level officials have intricate ties with the US government. It is also an open secret that some security experts in the Pentagon are from Google" http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8578968.stm 7 comments reddit.com
- “The world does not welcome the White House’s Google” Chinese government declares incident a political conspiracy by the US government http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e6022fe0-05c6-11df-88ee-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=rss 19 comments reddit.com
- Google doesn't want China to use Google's tools as a form of surveillance. In other news, AT&T lets the US government spy on you every day. http://www.eff.org/issues/nsa-spying 17 comments reddit.com
- Dear World, The Chinese government stole intellectual property from us and others. The censorship is crazy over there and we are seriously considering ceasing our Chinese operation. - signed google. http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/01/new-approach-to-china.html 689 comments worldnews
- Google, Facebook and Yahoo say they need to "hold the government's hand" during debate over privacy legislation http://trueslant.com/kashmirhill/2009/11/09/google-facebook-and-yahoo-need-to-hold-the-governments-hand-during-privacy-debate/ 8 comments technology
- Microsoft, Google don't deny participation in Government Spying program http://rawstory.com/news/2008/wiretapping_focus_shifts_to_email_0307.html 3 comments reddit.com