CDT | Headlines: “The debate over the pending merger between Google and Internet advertising giant DoubleClick raises a host of broader questions about the online advertising industry at large and the structures that are in place to protect Internet users’ privacy. In a statement to the Senate panel that is holding a hearing about the [...]
Possibly as a result of Google’s proposed acquisition of Doubleclick – a move that could have far-reaching implications for net privacy, Google is proposing a new minimum world privacy standard. But the weak part of their standard is their suggestion that a breach of privacy should only be considered serious if it involves actual harm [...]
News that access to Youtube was blocked earlier this year by the Thai Information and Communication Ministry, appeared to many foreign commentators as an over-sensitive reaction to what many Westerners would consider to be plain vanilla free speech. Claiming that some videos on Youtube were offensive to His Majesty, King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the Thai communications [...]
As reported on this blog previously, Google has proposed to the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) an intention to bid on a conditional basis for the rights to the 700 MHz mobile telephone and data spectrum. This initiative demonstrates a clear indication of a core part of Google’s corporate strategy which is intimately connected with [...]
News that Google plans to announce the release of their own mobile telephone handset has Internet columnists scrambling to confirm one of the most talked about events since Apple launched their i-Phone in June last year. As reported by the Sydney Morning Herald, engadget, and CrunchGear, Google will go head-to-head with Apple by producing a [...]
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