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Details of requests may be found at the Link.
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Please read ‘Google removes YouTube Terrorism videos’
“Google regularly receives requests from government agencies and courts around the world to remove content from our services. In this report, we disclose the number of requests we receive from each government in six-month periods with certain limitations.
Governments ask companies to remove content for many different reasons. For example, some content removals are requested due to allegations of defamation, while others are due to allegations that the content violates local laws prohibiting hate speech or pornography. Laws surrounding these issues vary by country, and the requests reflect the legal context of a given jurisdiction. We hope this tool will be helpful in discussions about the appropriate scope and authority of government requests.
These observations on content removal requests highlight some trends that we’ve seen in the data during each reporting period, and are by no means exhaustive.
July to December 2011
Bolivia
For the first time since we began publishing this data, we received content removal requests.
Brazil
In December, we received an electoral court order that resulted in the removal of four orkut profiles for content related to political campaigns.
Canada
We received a request from the Passport Canada office to remove a YouTube video of a Canadian citizen urinating on his passport and flushing it down the toilet. We did not comply with this request.
Czech Republic
For the first time since we began publishing this data, we received content removal requests.
Germany
A court order resulted in the removal of 898 search results that linked to forums and blogs containing statements about a government agency and one of its employees that the court determined were not credible.
We received a request to remove 70 YouTube videos for allegedly violating the German Children and Young Persons Act. We restricted some of the videos from view in Germany in accordance with local laws.
India
The number of content removal requests we received increased by 49% compared to the previous reporting period.
Jordan
For the first time since we began publishing this data, we received content removal requests.
Pakistan
We received a request from the Government of Pakistan‘s Ministry of Information Technology to remove six YouTube videos that satirized the Pakistan Army and senior politicians. We did not comply with this request.
http://www.google.com/transparencyreport/removals/government/
| Court Orders | Other Requests (Executive, Police, etc.) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Country
|
Requests | Compliance |
Items |
Requests | Compliance |
Items |
| Total | > 467 | – | > 7000 | > 561 | – | > 4979 |
|
39
|
97%
|
247
|
7
|
86%
|
19
|
|
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
|
|
6
|
17%
|
633
|
11
|
45%
|
13
|
|
|
4
|
100%
|
22
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
|
|
<10
|
100%
|
<10
|
10
|
70%
|
11
|
|
|
<10
|
100%
|
<10
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
|
|
128
|
69%
|
397
|
66
|
26%
|
157
|
|
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
|
|
4
|
50%
|
137
|
15
|
67%
|
25
|
|
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
|
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
<10
|
50%
|
<10
|
|
|
1
|
100%
|
10
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
|
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
|
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
<10
|
33%
|
<10
|
|
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
<10
|
0%
|
<10
|
|
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
<10
|
0%
|
<10
|
|
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
|
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
|
|
12
|
67%
|
22
|
19
|
47%
|
39
|
|
|
60
|
80%
|
1,304
|
43
|
72%
|
418
|
|
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
|
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
|
|
<10
|
80%
|
<10
|
96
|
26%
|
246
|
|
|
<10
|
0%
|
<10
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
|
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
|
|
<10
|
0%
|
<10
|
3
|
33%
|
77
|
|
|
20
|
70%
|
45
|
8
|
50%
|
51
|
|
|
4
|
50%
|
20
|
<10
|
0%
|
<10
|
|
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
<10
|
0%
|
<10
|
|
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
<10
|
100%
|
<10
|
|
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
|
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
|
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
|
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
<10
|
0%
|
<10
|
|
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
<10
|
100%
|
<10
|
|
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
<10
|
0%
|
<10
|
|
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
<10
|
0%
|
<10
|
|
|
<10
|
100%
|
<10
|
<10
|
0%
|
<10
|
|
|
<10
|
100%
|
<10
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
|
|
1
|
100%
|
10
|
2
|
50%
|
13
|
|
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
2
|
50%
|
15
|
|
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