Google Government Requests
Google yesterday released a new tool that they call Government Requests tool which is a visual representation of the request Google received from government agencies to remove content or provide information about users of their services and products.
The map shows the number of requests that Google has received between July 1, 2009 and December 31, 2009. The numbers are slightly misleading as they refer to single requests which may have asked for the removal of more than one url or disclosure of more than one user.
The data is divided into data requests and removal requests. Data requests ask for information about Google users or products while removal requests ask for content removal in Google Search or other Google products.
Google yesterday released a new tool that they call Government Requests tool which is a visual representation of the request Google received from government agencies to remove content or provide information about users of their services and products.
The map shows the number of requests that Google has received between July 1, 2009 and December 31, 2009. The numbers are slightly misleading as they refer to single requests which may have asked for the removal of more than one url or disclosure of more than one user.
The data is divided into data requests and removal requests. Data requests ask for information about Google users or products while removal requests ask for content removal in Google Search or other Google products.
