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Google reports 71 per cent rise in UK government takedown requests
26 Oct 2011
Google has reported a 71 per cent increase in UK government requests to remove items from its search and web services properties over the course of 2011.
The company's latest transparency report said that Google received 44 requests from the UK government over the first half of the year, the majority relating to YouTube, where police and other government groups asked for the removal of 220 videos.
The report revealed that 135 videos were taken down on the grounds of national security, and 61 over "privacy and security" complaints.
Privacy and security also led to the takedown of 67 Google image entries in the UK, along with 43 web search results and two Blogger entries.
The takedowns represent an increase over the second half of 2010, during which Google reported just 153 takedown requests. Overall numbers for 2010 were greatly skewed by a major government takedown in which more than 93,300 AdWords entries were taken offline.
In the US, Google received 757 takedown requests across its sites and services, up 70 per cent from the second half of last year. More than half were from Google Groups, where the company removed 379 pages deemed defamatory.
US authorities also called for the removal of 113 videos from YouTube, including several documenting alleged police brutality which Google refused to take down.
http://www.v3.co.uk/v3-uk/silicon-valley-sleuth-blog/2120039/occupy-crackdowns-spotlight-youtube-policy
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YouTube policy
http://www.v3.co.uk/v3-uk/silicon-valley-sleuth-blog/2120039/occupy-crackdowns-spotlight-youtube-policy
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YouTube policy
Occupy crackdowns could put spotlight on Google's latest transparency report included some interesting notes on the company's YouTube video policy.
Google complied with more than 100 content removal requests from law enforcement groups, but also denied several requests, including a number of videos that allegedly exposed police brutality and defamed the police.
Conflict between police and the public is nothing new, but the issue could become a hot topic as the Occupy protests drag on and police around the country commence crackdown efforts.
Encounters between law enforcement and protesters are all but inevitible and, with video recording now a common feature on mobile handsets, much of the crackdown will find its way onto YouTube.
This could raise an interesting conflict between Google, YouTube and law enforcement groups. Police will be in no mood to have video of officers clashing with citizens circling the web, particularly with tension between protestors and police already high.
Google, meanwhile, could have a delicate balancing act to perform. The company doesn't want to be seen as party to incitement to violence against police, but has a core set of principles to uphold, particularly empowering free speech and the rights of individuals.
If YouTube is going to pride itself on helping citizens spread word of protests and police actions in other parts of the world, Google is obliged to allow the same freedom here.
Conflict between police and the public is nothing new, but the issue could become a hot topic as the Occupy protests drag on and police around the country commence crackdown efforts.
Encounters between law enforcement and protesters are all but inevitible and, with video recording now a common feature on mobile handsets, much of the crackdown will find its way onto YouTube.
This could raise an interesting conflict between Google, YouTube and law enforcement groups. Police will be in no mood to have video of officers clashing with citizens circling the web, particularly with tension between protestors and police already high.
Google, meanwhile, could have a delicate balancing act to perform. The company doesn't want to be seen as party to incitement to violence against police, but has a core set of principles to uphold, particularly empowering free speech and the rights of individuals.
If YouTube is going to pride itself on helping citizens spread word of protests and police actions in other parts of the world, Google is obliged to allow the same freedom here.
26 Oct 2011
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Stick with the truth!
Unbelievable that the government is attempting this kind of cover up. PUBLISHING the truth DOES NOT incite riots, although police brutality probably will. It saddens me that this level of censorship is even attempted in the United States. Have we finally become a closet dictatorship hidden behind the mask of democracy?Posted by: Truth Will Out 26 Oct 2011
http://old.news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20111028/ts_csm/418442
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http://old.news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20111028/ts_csm/418442
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Occupy Wall Street vs. Tea Party Google searches: Who wins?
Washington – Google Politics tell all from its informative political blog. Let’s compare, using the chart above and other data collected by Google:
Occupy Wall St. has generated far more searches since its inception than the tea party ever has at any given moment.
Despite that search edge, Occupy Wall Street “is almost in a dead heat with the Tea Party for the volume of news coverage… between October 7 and last week, Occupy Wall Street only barely bests the Tea Party when we examine the number of news pieces covering each movement: 29,000 to 22,000.
One bit of trivia: Which states have had the highest search traffic for Occupy Wall St.? New York is No. 3 - can you guess the intervening two? (Hint: Think crunchy. Real crunchy.) The answer can be found here.
When does tea party surge as a search term? In April, just before Americans file their federal income taxes.
How do you get your Occupy Wall St. News? If you’re in Tumblr…
Follow various Tumblr tags relating to the news - “Occupy Oakland” and “Occupy Wall St.” are particularly vibrant.
Check out the “We are the 99%” Tumblr and its competitor, the “We Are the 53%” Tumblr.
If not, read “The Occupied Wall Street Journal,” a publication of the protesters in New York.
Like your politics unscrambled - with a side of humor? Bookmark DCDecoder.com.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/post/conservatives-launch-we-are-the-53-percent-to-criticize-99-percenters/2011/10/10/gIQA70omaL_blog.html
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Conservative activists have created a Tumblr called “We are the 53 percent” that’s meant to be a counterpunch to the viral “We are the 99 percent” site that’s become a prominent symbol for the Occupy Wall Street movement. The Tumblr is supposed to represent the 53 percent of Americans who pay federal income taxes, and its assumption is that the Wall Street protesters are part of the 46 percent of the country who don’t. “We are the 53 percent” was originally the brainchild of Erick Erickson, founder of RedState.org, who worked together with Josh Trevino, communications director for the right-leaning Texas Public Policy Foundation, and conservative filmmaker Mike Wilson to develop the site, according to Trevino.
(SOURCE: THE 53 TUMBLR )
Occupy Wall St. has generated far more searches since its inception than the tea party ever has at any given moment.
Despite that search edge, Occupy Wall Street “is almost in a dead heat with the Tea Party for the volume of news coverage… between October 7 and last week, Occupy Wall Street only barely bests the Tea Party when we examine the number of news pieces covering each movement: 29,000 to 22,000.
One bit of trivia: Which states have had the highest search traffic for Occupy Wall St.? New York is No. 3 - can you guess the intervening two? (Hint: Think crunchy. Real crunchy.) The answer can be found here.
When does tea party surge as a search term? In April, just before Americans file their federal income taxes.
How do you get your Occupy Wall St. News? If you’re in Tumblr…
Follow various Tumblr tags relating to the news - “Occupy Oakland” and “Occupy Wall St.” are particularly vibrant.
Check out the “We are the 99%” Tumblr and its competitor, the “We Are the 53%” Tumblr.
If not, read “The Occupied Wall Street Journal,” a publication of the protesters in New York.
Like your politics unscrambled - with a side of humor? Bookmark DCDecoder.com.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/post/conservatives-launch-we-are-the-53-percent-to-criticize-99-percenters/2011/10/10/gIQA70omaL_blog.html
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Conservatives launch “We are the 53 percent” to criticize 99 percenters
(SOURCE: THE 53 TUMBLR )
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