Google ’s released itstwice - yearly transparence report , and there ’s one substance within it that rings loud and exculpated : the US government is spy on us heavily than ever .
Seems the search giant is increasingly being need to reach over user data and remove content by governments and courts from around the world . AsGoogle explain :
[ G]overnment need for substance abuser datum have increased steady since we first launched the Transparency Report . In the first half of 2012 , there were 20,938 inquiries from government entity around the populace . Those requests were for information about 34,614 story …
The number of regime requests to remove content from our service was largely monotonous from 2009 to 2011 . But it ’s empale in this reporting period . In the first half of 2012 , there were 1,791 petition from politics officials around the macrocosm to remove 17,746 pieces of content
The study goes further , breaking down the figure by land of blood line . Perhaps unsurprisingly , the US leads in terms of substance abuser information inquiries with 7,969 requests — that ’s more than three times as many as India , the next country on the inclination .
For its part , Google be given to stand its ground where it can , vetting each and every casing . You ’ll be proud of to hear that the figures for data handed over and takedown actually performed are importantly lower than the number of requests . Fine workplace , Google . you’re able to read thefull account here . [ GoogleviaTechRadar ]
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