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In the wake of Google's censorship battles with China and other nations, the search giant has launched a new tool to reveal which governments are blocking its services or requesting information on its users.
The company's new Transparency Report breaks down the information into two sections.
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The Government Requests page offers an interactive map where you can see the number of requests by each government asking Google to remove certain content from its search page, Gmail, YouTube, and other services. Google even reveals how many of those requests it's actually complied with. [/b]This page also details the number of requests for information on specific user accounts that company has gotten from each country.
You can scroll down a chart to see the stats on each country, or click on a specific country on the map to get full details on all its requests. For now, the page offers data for the last two six-month periods, from January to June 2010 and from July to December 2009. As an example, the U.S. made 4,287 requests for user data between January and June of this year. It requested the removal of 678 items, and Google has fully or partially complied with 82 percent of those.
Although the data doesn't let you peek behind the scenes to show whether Google challenged any of the government requests, the company said in its FAQ that it hopes to provide more of that type of detail in the future.
The second section for Traffic displays the amount of traffic that different Google services get each day. Through an interactive chart, you can also see which services have gone down temporarily or have been permanently blocked by specific countries. For example, select Iran and then click on YouTube, and Google tells you that its popular video site has been blocked by the Iranian government since June 12, 2009, following the contested presidential election.
In light of the turmoil and controversy that Google has faced in its relationship with China, the company is hoping that the new tool can provide a greater flow of information. Discussing the Transparency Report in a blog post, Google's chief legal officer David Drummond said that Google believes this kind of transparency can be a deterrent to censorship.[/release]
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Opinions? Anything surprising in your opinion? Personally I'm glad that there's no blocks in Finland, and am surprised so many blocks in Europe.
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i don't see why africans are complaining they can freely surf google damn what else can we give them
Australia only banned 2?
I thought we took out a lot more than that
[QUOTE=Ghostwork;24998955]i don't see why africans are complaining they can freely surf google damn what else can we give them[/QUOTE]
we must censor their internet because they clearly are exposed to too much promiscuity and internet violence which explains their low GDP.
I thought it was awesome (and it is kind of) but you can't even view how much china has blocked: Chinese officials consider censorship demands to be state secrets, so we cannot disclose that information at this time
[QUOTE=Noth;24998956]Australia only banned 2?
I thought we took out a lot more than that[/QUOTE]
Well you believe a lot of the bullshit that kids on facepunch write about Australia then
Nice, nothing in Finland.
[QUOTE=r4nk_;24998989]I thought it was awesome (and it is kind of) but you can't even view how much china has blocked: Chinese officials consider censorship demands to be state secrets, so we cannot disclose that information at this time[/QUOTE]
trololol.
china: 2
google: 0
[QUOTE=r4nk_;24998989]I thought it was awesome (and it is kind of) but you can't even view how much china has blocked: Chinese officials consider censorship demands to be state secrets, so we cannot disclose that information at this time
Well you believe a lot of the bullshit that kids on facepunch write about Australia then[/QUOTE]
Believe it? I [b]live[/b] it!
[QUOTE=Noth;24998956]Australia only banned 2?
I thought we took out a lot more than that[/QUOTE]
We haven't put an internet filter in place yet
And we will not put an internet filter in place. It's political suicide; for one of many reasons.
[QUOTE=Noth;24999030]Believe it? I [b]live[/b] it![/QUOTE]
I am an Australian...
[QUOTE=r4nk_;24999038]I am an Australian...[/QUOTE]
As am I...
I heard australia has really good air-conditioning. is this true?
American ones are mostly obnoxious court orders.
China: ?
[QUOTE=Laissez!Laissez!Laissez!;24999055]I heard australia has really good air-conditioning. is this true?[/QUOTE]
Nah, we banned it
I remember this from half a year ago, why the hell is cnet first discussing it now?
[url]http://www.google.com/transparencyreport/faq.html#governmentrequestsfaq[/url]
Read this, it's quite useful as it explains the limitations, the extent of Google's compliance and so on.
[QUOTE=Cuel;24999065]China: ?[/QUOTE]Censorship is regarded as a state secret in China, hence no accurate numbers.
[QUOTE=-Jake-;24999018]Nice, nothing in Finland.[/QUOTE]Not necessarily, though it's fairly safe to say it's not as extensive as other countries.
[quote=Google Transparency Report: FAQ] For example, we have not included statistics for countries where we’ve received fewer than 30 requests for user data in criminal cases during the 6-month period.[/quote]
Also, Finland does show up on the July 2009 - December 2009 part.
GOOGLE IS A CONSPIRACY, ILLUMINATI, OH SHIT MIND CONTROL RAYS AGHGHHHblurrr
Wtf why is Sweden on that map??
The source is blocked in my country.
[QUOTE=Fatfatfatty;25000331]Wtf why is Sweden on that map??[/QUOTE]
:downs:
[QUOTE=Ghostwork;24998955]i don't see why africans are complaining they can freely surf google damn what else can we give them[/QUOTE]
Genital washing services :rolleyes:
Government funded.
Canada blocked under 10?
What the hell did our country feel the need to censor?
why the hell does the us have the most requests for user information?
[QUOTE=Libertas;25002839]Canada blocked under 10?
What the hell did our country feel the need to censor?[/QUOTE]It's not necessarily censorship, the map logs every kind of government request to Google apart from removing child pornography, which Google actively does on it's own. Those requests can be things like asking for data on someone who's undergoing a criminal investigation, for example.
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