Google Transparency Report: Government data requests spike

"Government surveillance is on the rise," Google said after it released its sixth transparency report today. The company releases the bi-annual reports in order to keep governments accountable as Internet companies receive more and more requests to hand over or remove content.

Google doubles down on copyright complaints for YouTube clips

YouTube is likely to be saved from the Google's latest search alteration that punishes websites in its search results for having too many DMCA take-down requests. Why? The video-sharing site may not actually have that many DMCA notices, says SearchEngineLand.