In an effort to stay transparent, Google released details of its three-point plan for handling government requests for its users email and cloud services today.
Google complied with 66 percent of government requests for user data in 2012 -- that's down from 76 percent just two years prior.
It's not Brazil, not Iran, and not Russia, which has expressed a desire to censor the internet.
Twitter isn’t happily handing over one Occupy Wall Street protester’s tweets. The company appealed a ruling today that forces Twitter to package the protester’s tweets for use in a lawsuit against him.
Twitter’s legal counsel Benjamin Lee announced the appeal …
Google is rolling out a new section of its Transparency Report today that provides detailed information about copyright infringement removal requests.
“We believe that openness is crucial for the future of the Internet. When something gets in the way of …
Google has released a report on how governments and police agencies are accessing information about web users.
By showing how many requests Google gets for user information — and exactly how many users and accounts are under some kind of …
Governments take notice: You can investigate Google’s business practices, but Google is also studying you.
The search company has updated its Transparency Report, which discloses inquiries that governments make about Google users as well as their requests to remove content. …
