Guess Which Government Sent Google the Most Removal Requests? USA! USA! USA!
This week at Dublin’s Conference for Internet Freedom, deputy assistant secretary of state Thomas Melia criticized foreign governments for their attempts to censor the web. According to the Irish Times, Mr. Melia, who works in the US Bureau of Democracy, told conference-goers, “too many governments were filtering, censoring content, taking down sites, and perpetuating Internet shutdowns.”
As Ars Technica points out, that censure looks a tad hypocritical in the context of Google’s latest transparency report. Read More
