[Advocacy Advisors] Google announces that government requests are on the rise

[Stephen LaPorte]

Google updated their transparency report, showing an increase in government
requests in January-June 2012. They report 1,791 requests to remove content
(from 1,048 in the last half of 2011) and 20,938 requests to disclose user
data (from 18,257 in the last half of 2011).

Announcement:
http://googleblog.blogspot.ca/2012/11/transparency-report-government-requests.html
The full report: http://www.google.com/transparencyreport/

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Stephen LaPorte
Legal Counsel
Wikimedia Foundation

*For legal reasons, I may only serve as an attorney for the Wikimedia
Foundation. This means I may not give legal advice to or serve as a lawyer
for community members, volunteers, or staff members in their personal
capacity.*
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