Google’s Eric Schmidt, speaking the Dublin summit on extremist violence (which we  discussed earlier today), talked about growing problems with internet censorship and the risks faced by internet companies in authoritarian countries. Among other concerns, Schmidt said he feared the the possibility that Google employees might be arrested or even tortured for their involvement with un-censored channels of information.

Violent extrism happens in many forms, and while most Americans think of jihadists – radical Muslims who believe that they are in the moral right to wage a holy war on the United States – we can find a variety of examples in locations throughout the world. In the U.S.,neo-nazism and extreme ends on the right and left of the political spectrum show violent sentiments. Google is bringing together “former gang members, right-wing extremists, jihadists, and militants in Dublin,” along with survivors of extremist violence, for three days of discussion, debate, and workshops.

Google is no stranger to big events, especially since the company runs plenty themselves. One event that happened recently was the Google Inside Search event, which introduced several new features (several of which we  already covered ) and discussed the future of both mobile and desktop search.

As part of the search giant’s ongoing efforts to refine its look, feel, and functionality, Google is testing a lineup of new looks that focus in on the world’s most popular color: Black. Are they going to it because it’s slimming

Google has been under pressure from governments the world over, but the most recent domino in the pile – the U.S. FTC antitrust investigation – is likely to hit the company hard.

Google has been under pressure from governments the world over, but the most recent domino in the pile – the U.S. FTC antitrust investigation – is likely to hit the company hard. While Google has faced antitrust investigations before, their search practices haven’t yet been in the crosshairs

Posted by randfish Last week, I visited San Francisco for a number of meetings and got a chance to film some video content for Market Motive with an old friend, Todd Malicoat (aka Stuntdubl ). Todd also collected and curated a number of questions from Market Motive folks across Twitter, and, rather than answer in the unacceptably short, 140-character format, I figured I’d do so here on the blog. I’d always bias to taking the website over the social media presence

Google’s +1 button is rolling out internationally. The company has announced that 1 buttons will start showing on a few select Google search engines at first: Google.co.uk Google.de Google.jp Google.fr The +1 button will be “expanding quickly to most other Google search sites” in…

Google has added key pieces of information to its Government Requests Transparency report.

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web…