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Controversial content and free expression on the web: a refresher
Posted by Rachel Whetstone, Vice President, Global Communications and Public Affairs. The Official Google Blog, 19 April 2010. "Two and a half years ago, we outlined our approach to removing content from Google products and services. Our process hasn't changed since then, but our recent decision to stop censoring search on Google.cn has raised new questions about when we remove content, and how we respond to censorship demands by governments. So we figured it was time for a refresher. Censorship of the web is a growing problem. According to the Open Net Initiative, the number of governments that censor has grown from about four in 2002 to over 40 today..."
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- Posted by David Drummond, SVP, Corporate Development and Chief Legal Officer. Google Public Policy Blog, Tuesday, April 20, 2010. "... [Google] are today launching a new Government Requests tool to give people information about the requests for user data or content removal we receive from government agencies around the world. For this launch, we are using data from July-December, 2009, and we plan to update the data in 6-month increments..."
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