Google confirms the increasing governmental requests to delete content from the services

Google confirms the increasing governmental requests to delete content from the services

Google revealed a high governmental requests to delete content from their services during the second half of 2012 than earlier periods, after monitoring the previous report increased requests of Governments information Internet users during the second half of 2012.

According to the report of the transparency to Google, has received a Government request to remove 2285 21,597 unit of content in various services, compared with the request to delete the 1811 17548 content during the first half of the year.

The report noted increased government requests to delete political content than before, and to the decisions of the courts of several countries remove postings critical of government officials or people linked to them.

The report drew attention to the requests made by 20 countries to review video clips via YouTube contained parts of the movie "innocence", and that Google is not considered violation of the site terms. On the other hand prevented watch it locally in several countries after filing legal complaints in accordance with domestic law, subject in Egypt and Libya to the special circumstances in both countries following the publication of the film.

The report alluded to the significant increase in applications from both Brazil and Russia during the last six months of 2012; in Brazil increased requests for Government by 265% compared with the first half of the year, Google received 697, including 640 requests a judicial equivalent to average 3.5 application of the courts every day.

The increase prompted local elections during this period; provided a request to delete 316 756 of content regarding allegations of violations of the electoral law which prohibits abuse of the candidates.

Google responded to the final decisions of the Court, while several requests, including a request the Prosecutor to remove posts and search results for allegedly distorting his reputation by accusing him of corruption. Google referred to resume in many cases before the judiciary Brazilian based on local laws, and the right to freedom of expression alzeiins the Brazilian Constitution.

With regard to Russia; Google has received 114 requests, compared with six in the first half of last year. The reason for the substantial increase adoption of the amendment to the law of the Russian information; which Government grants through the Federal service for supervision of the communications authority to define "black lists" of Internet sites, and the possibility of closing sites or force Internet service providers to block without a judicial decision.

The complaint formed Russian content related to suicide or drug balmsaah most of its requests, 107. The report said the Google response to more than half of Russian requests to delete content globally for violating company policies, while some of the banned locally to respond to one-third of the requests.

Among other Government requests an application from the Canadian courts will criminalise falsely registering ads and search results on the site displays the goods manufactured in violation of intellectual property rights, and a US request to remove a piece of the contents of groups 763 Google addresses the issue of going against a person and his family, as well as the results of research material.

Google noted in her blog, it appears with more information gathered increasing Government attempts to control the content posted via the services.

The report said transparency, which began publication three years ago, just a glimpse of what is happening in the Internet world, she hopes to help astmaraha to collect more data to draw attention to laws that hinder the free flow of information via the Internet around the world.

Google provides details on Government requests to remove content from the services, in addition to the map showing the States that obscure their services since 2009.