I recently received a request from a journalism graduate student to comment on a story about "growing anti-Google sentiment and what is fueling it" and about "how Google's principles have changed, and how the public is reacting to this switch."…
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Mark Fiore's latest cartoon satirizes the activities of US search engine companies contributing to the Great Firewall of China: "Protect Your Regime with iRepress - with Powerful Democracy Filtering!"
Last month, Google changed their censorship policy after launching their censored Google.cn service in China. Now it seems Google has changed its "core principles" regarding providing only organic search results. Previously Google’s Principles included this statement: The order and contents…
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Nathan Weinberghas posted some excellent excerpts form today's congressional hearings with various IT companies regarding thier actions in China. Here are some highlights: The Associated Press: Rep. Tom Lantos, ranking Democrat on the International Relations Committee, told the company officials…
It seems that Seth Godin, among others, are finally noticing the new Google "Click-to-Call" feature in AdWords ads. You click on an add, enter your phone number, and you're connected directly to the advertiser via phone. I blogged about this…
John Battelle posts his thoughts on the recent rash of search engine v. China incidents. He follows up on Yahoo's call for the search engines to band together and fight Chinese censorship of the web:So what to say about all…
The latest issue of Time magazine features a cover story on Google, and asks "Can we trust Google with our secrets?" Touted as an "inside look" at how success has changed Larry and Sergey's dream machine, the piece offers some…
Rob Sullivan at Search Engine Journal questions whether the new "search across computers" feature of Google's Desktop software really puts users' privacy in jeopardy. Yes, it does. To respond to some of Rob's observations: So what if you have to…
Google released a new version of their Desktop software, which includes a feature allowing users to search their files across computers. The service is not activated by default, and (savvy) users can opt to block certain files from being accessible…
Google has integrated their chat service (Google Talk) with Gmail, enabling users to view their chat histories from the Gmail interface. This, of course, dispels any question over whether Google archives one's chat history, and opens the door to the…
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