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Google Reveals Number Of Goverment Censorship Requests Around The World

Posted by majestic on April 22, 2010

Google has done something pretty cool: it has released information on the number of government requests received to remove content, and the percentage of those requests Google complied with:

Like other technology and communications companies, we regularly receive requests from government agencies around the world to remove content from our services, or provide information about users of our services and products. The map shows the number of requests that we received between July 1, 2009 and December 31, 2009, with certain limitations.

We know these numbers are imperfect and may not provide a complete picture of these government requests. For example, a single request may ask for the removal of more than one URL or for the disclosure of information for multiple users.

Click on the map to access the Google page with interactive features.

Click on the map to access the Google page with interactive features.

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  • Anonymous

    What’s fascinating is that the majority of these censorship requests were made over YouTube videos, which tells me that the people asking for the most censorship are most likely media companies still pursuing that tired draconian copyright model (I’m looking at you MPAA and RIAA) rather than having the balls to just come up with a new business model that adjusts to the new technological reality of the 21st Century.

    Can’t put the genie back in the bottle guys. People like sharing, because sharing is good. If these media conglomerates had any brains, they’d recognize it for the free advertising that it is and encourage it.

  • 5by5

    What's fascinating is that the majority of these censorship requests were made over YouTube videos, which tells me that the people asking for the most censorship are most likely media companies still pursuing that tired draconian copyright model (I'm looking at you MPAA and RIAA) rather than having the balls to just come up with a new business model that adjusts to the new technological reality of the 21st Century.

    Can't put the genie back in the bottle guys. People like sharing, because sharing is good. If these media conglomerates had any brains, they'd recognize it for the free advertising that it is and encourage it.

  • http://www.squidoo.com/google-sniper-2-0 google sniper

    very well put

  • Grooveboss

    yeah i agree, Brazil’s media has one station thats oh so powerful called Globo and they proadcast the elites wealth and only the elites wealth not their terrors. Off with their heads!!!!!