ISLAMABAD – In 2009, Google started recording the number of content removalrequests it received from courts and government agencies all over theworld, disclosing the figures on a six-month basis.
Soon after, several other companies followed suit, including Twitter,Facebook, Microsoft, and Wikimedia.
Here at Comparitech, we’ve collated all of this data to find out whichgovernments censor online content the most and which channels are targetedby each government.
*Some governments avidly try to control online data, whether this is onsocial media, blogs, or both.* And surprisingly, China only features in thetop 10 for one category. Find out why below.
Below are the top 20 countries based on their overall number of contentrequests across all channels
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1. India – 77,620 2. Russia – 77,162 3. Turkey – 63,585 4. France – 49,971 5. Mexico – 25,036 6. Brazil – 17,346 7. Germany – 13,366 8. Pakistan – 9,771 9. United States – 9,574 10. United Kingdom – 6,402 11. Israel – 5,527 12. South Korea – 4,445 13. China – 4,374 14. Italy – 3,867 15. Austria – 2,928 16. Japan – 2,138 17. Vietnam – 1,964 18. Thailand – 1,901 19. Spain – 1,592 20. Argentina – 1,575
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