M2G Posted June 18, 2012 Report Posted June 18, 2012 Web giant says it received more than 1,000 requests from government officials for the removal of content in the past six months, complying with more than half.Google reports it has seen an "alarming" incidence in government requests to censor Internet content in the past six months.The Web giant said it received more than 1,000 requests from governments around the world to remove items such as YouTube videos and search listings. The company, which said it complied with more than half the requests, released a catalog of those requests as part of its bi-annual Global Transparency Report."Unfortunately, what we've seen over the past couple years has been troubling, and today is no different," Dorothy Chou, Google's senior policy analyst, said in a blog post. "When we started releasing this data, in 2010, we noticed that government agencies from different countries would sometimes ask us to remove political content that our users had posted on our services. We hoped this was an aberration. But now we know it's not."Google said it had received 461 court orders for the removal of 6,989 items, consenting to 68 percent of those orders. It also received 546 informal requests, complying with 46 percent of those requests. The study doesn't reflect censorship activity from countries such as China and Iran, which block content without notifying Google."Just like every other time, we've been asked to take down political speech," Chou wrote. "It's alarming not only because free expression is at risk, but because some of these requests come from countries you might not suspect -- western democracies not typically associated with censorship."Among the take-down requests was a Polish demand for removal of an article critical of a development agency, a Spanish request for removal of 270 blogs and links to articles critical of the public figures, and a Canadian official's request for removal of a YouTube video of a man urinating on his passport and flushing it down a toilet. All were denied.However, the company said it complied with the majority of requests from Thai authorities for the removal of 149 YouTube videos that allegedly insulted the monarchy, a violation of Thailand law. The Web giant said it also granted U.K. police requests for removal of five YouTube accounts that allegedly promoted terrorism. Google also said it complied with 42 percent of U.S. requests for the removal of 187 pieces of content, most of which were related to harassment.Cam astea sunt tarile care au cerut scoaterea de linkuri din rezultatele google: Government – Google Transparency ReportGovernment – Google Transparency ReportSe pare ca Romania nu e printre ele. Copyright removal: Copyright Removal Requests – Google Transparency ReportSursa Quote
Z.D.O Posted June 18, 2012 Report Posted June 18, 2012 mda.. pai cine spunea ca dreptul la libera exprimare este garantat de catre constitutie?cine spunea ca suntem egali prin nastere?cine spunea ca libertatea este un drept?stiti... auzeam balarii precum ca suntem condusi din umbra de catre Illuminati, papa, guverne, cele mai bogate 12 familii, mafie etc.. well.. that`s so fucking wrong.de fapt cei ce fac regulile si jocurile sunt marile corporatii iar guvernele decat se supun, cum??pai... fondurile monetare sunt controlate de catre marile companii din wall street.. internetul este controlat tot de marile companii..guvernele si actiunile lor sunt reflectate de interesul marilor companii and so on...cred ca am sa ma mut in Zimbabwe si am sa culeg banane si am sa vanez struti.. e singura optiune catre libertate care o pot vedea acum.parerea mea... Quote
