A major crackdown on child-abuse imagery includes a new law making it illegal for an adult to send a sexual communication to a child. 
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Facebook launches keyword searching on past posts
Time to scrub your Timeline of embarrassing stuff you might have shared publicly, before somebody Google-ishly pairs your name with blush-worthy terms on Facebook! 
Google grapples anew with EC in the search/advertising antitrust swamp
The EC’s poked the sleeping dragon, yet again reopening a four-year antitrust investigation that puts Google in the hot seat. The surprise move comes after rivals fumed loud and hard about getting unfairly shut out in the most recent settlement. This time, Android may be up for investigation, too. 
How Google plans to get us all using HTTPS
This could be an inflection point for web security. By making HTTPS something that impacts search results Google are applying the stick to an enormous security push that’s been all carrots up to now.