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June 18, 2012 11:24 am EDT

Google reveals government censorship requests are on the rise

Google reveals Government takedown requests are on the rise

Google's updated its transparency report to show how many times governments worldwide sought to censor search results, drop YouTube videos or look at user data in the second half of last year. Each request is logged and detailed, with the most filings coming from the US, UK and India. The requests varied from censoring a video where a Canadian citizen creatively destroyed his passport (not complied with) through to blogs promoting hate speech and violence (complied with). Mountain View's list makes for interesting reading, but it's not all bad news: where videos were merely critical or satirical of the local authorities, the search giant refused to pull 'em, respecting private citizens right to free speech in a great majority of cases.

Google reveals government censorship requests are on the rise originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 18 Jun 2012 07:24:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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