Google Transparency Report Google transparency report: “We received request from US law enforcement to remove YouTube videos of police brutality #OccupyOakland

United States

January to June 2011

Content Removal Requests
User Data Requests
92
Content Removal Requests
Government requests for removal of content from Google services.
757
Items requested to be removed
A single government request may cover one or multiple items.

63%
Removal requests fully or partially complied with

Observations on Content Removal Requests

  • We received a request from a local law enforcement agency to remove YouTube videos of police brutality, which we did not remove. Separately, we received requests from a different local law enforcement agency for removal of videos allegedly defaming law enforcement officials. We did not comply with those requests, which we have categorized in this Report as defamation requests.
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Product Breakdown
Reason Breakdown

Product
Court OrdersExecutive, Police, etc.Items Requested To Be Removed
Web Search
24
3
198
Copyright
1
2
Defamation
17
1
188
Privacy and Security
5
1
6
Impersonation
1
1
Other
1
1
Google Images
1
2
Copyright
1
2
Google Earth, Google Maps, and Panoramio
1
2
3
Defamation
1
1
Privacy and Security
1
1
Other
1
1
Google Books
1
1
Defamation
1
1
Google Groups
5
379
Defamation
5
379
YouTube
6
26
113
Defamation
1
2
16
Privacy and Security
1
10
62
Government Criticism
1
1
National Security
1
1
Violence
2
3
Hate Speech
1
1
Other
4
9
29
Blogger
16
2
47
Defamation
4
22
Privacy and Security
7
1
11
Impersonation
1
1
Other
5
13
Picasa Web Albums
2
5
Hate Speech
2
5
Google AdWords
1
7
Other
1
7
Gmail
1
1
2
Impersonation
1
1
2

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10/27/11 at 1:19am