During the second half of 2023, government and court bodies from Russia made 25,925 requests to remove content items from Google products. That was the highest figure over the observed period.
Number of content removal requests from Google by government and court entities in Russia from 1st half 2016 to 2nd half 2023
Characteristic
Number of content removal requests
H2 2023
25,925
H1 2023
36,780
H2 2022
36,117
H1 2022
21,841
H2 2021
14,808
H1 2021
18,880
H2 2020
18,710
H1 2020
12,674
H2 2019
8,669
H1 2019
10,946
H2 2018
11,137
H1 2018
19,192
H2 2017
9,690
Created with Highcharts 7.2.2Number of content removal requests2,0452,04511,16411,16414,13314,1339,6909,69019,19219,19211,13711,13710,94610,9468,6698,66912,67412,67418,71018,71018,88018,88014,80814,80821,84121,84136,11736,11736,78036,78025,92525,925H1 2016H2 2016H1 2017H2 2017H1 2018H2 2018H1 2019H2 2019H1 2020H2 2020H1 2021H2 2021H1 2022H2 2022H1 2023H2 2023
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In November 2017, an amendment to Russian law (276-FZ) increased government’s scope for requesting URLs containing material banned in Russia to be removed from Google's online services, including Google Search.
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Google. "Number of Content Removal Requests from Google by Government and Court Entities in Russia from 1st Half 2016 to 2nd Half 2023." Statista, Statista Inc., 19 Sep 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1430210/russia-government-requests-for-content-removal-google/
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