Google rethinks global policy as it faces new threats and regulations

It will include addition of resources to emerging markets, source says

Alphabet’s Google is reorganising its approach to global policy, including the addition of resources to emerging markets, according to a person familiar with the moves, which come as the internet giant faces new threats and regulations around the world.

In an internal email, the company’s new global policy chief, Karan Bhatia, described the reorganisation as a reaction to policy makers who are increasingly empowered to regulate the company’s core businesses, said the person, who asked not to be identified discussing personnel decisions.

Bhatia, a former deputy US trade representative under Republican President George W Bush, joined Google in June from