The Google Transparency Report and India

Releasing the latest edition of the biennial Google Transparency Report, Google affirms, "one trend has become clear: Government surveillance is on the rise." The report encompasses statistics of requests made to Google by governments the world over to hand over information about users and to remove content present on the multitude of Google's services. The indicting statistics show the Indian government ranks third in requesting users' data since July 2009, when Google started indexing the requests. It was also the second snoopiest government in the world in the first half of this year. The requests for the removal of content made by agencies not authorised to make them indicate mounting surreptitious censorship.

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