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    Google reveals government censorship requests

    Internet giant Google released a new interactive online map on Tuesday (21 September 2010) that reveals the number of user information and censorship requests that it has received by governments around the world. The company's chief legal officer, David Drummond, said the Transparency Report could be "a deterrent to censorship".

    It allows users to see which governments have demanded that Google disclose information about users or block its services and products. The US has requested data the most times, followed by Brazil and India, according to the tool.

    According to the report, figures from China are not disclosed because the country considers censorship demands as state secrets.

    View transparency report

    Source: Panos London

    Panos London promotes the participation of poor and marginalised people in national and international development debates through media and communication projects. It is part of the worldwide Panos Network of independent institutes working to ensure that information is used more effectively to foster debate, pluralism and democracy.

    Go to: http://www.panos.org.uk
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