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by archgoon 2513 days ago
For those curious, the spike in National Security takedown requests in 2016-2017 seems to have been largely driven by requests from the Russian government (which have since petered out), not the United States.

https://transparencyreport.google.com/government-removals/by...

Somewhat interestingly, the biggest takedown requests in the U.S. seems to be due defamation lawsuits, and they come from the judicial (not executive) branch.

https://transparencyreport.google.com/government-removals/by...

Not sure what to make of this; but it's interesting. :)