Within the first semester of 2023, impersonation was the leading reason for most content removal requests made by the Indian government to the search giant, Google. It accounted for 27 percent. Defamation made up the second leading reason during the same time period. Moreover, an increase in the share of requests related to fraud was also noted compared to the first half of 2022, making it the third leading reason.
Reasons for government and court requests for content removal from Google India from January to June 2023
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