| Country | Number of Requests | Percentage of requests where some or all information was produced | Number of accounts specified | |
| Brazil | 2 | 0% | 2 | |
| Canada | 1 | 0% | 1 | |
| China | 1 | 0% | 1 | |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 0% | 1 | |
| France | 4 | 25% | 4 | |
| India | 13 | 0% | 12 | |
| Italy | 1 | 0% | 1 | |
| Mexico | 1 | 0% | 1 | |
| Peru | 1 | 0% | 1 | |
| Portugal | 3 | 0% | 1 | |
| Serbia | 1 | 0% | 1 | |
| Singapore | 1 | 0% | 1 | |
| Spain | 3 | 0% | 3 | |
| United States | 56 | 95% | 74 | |
| TOTAL | 92 | 59% | 107 |
*Includes information provided when a valid MLAT request has been made.
| Subpoenas | Court Orders | Search Warrants | Wiretap Orders | Pen Register Orders | Emergency Requests | |
| 80% | 12% | 6% | 0% | 0% | 2% |
Recent Examples
Here are a few recent examples of requests for user information that we received from government sources. We did not provide information in response to any of these requests.
India
- A police department in India requested detailed information for, and the deletion of a site that is critical of the management of a university, due to “uploading malicious/fake news photos/images of reputed college principal/chancellor and faculty”. No valid legal process was provided.
Brazil
- A police department in Brazil requested detailed information about the “person responsible for” a site that is critical of the privatization of state-owned companies. They provided no additional explanation, and no valid legal process.
France
- A police department in France requested detailed information about the person “who posted documents” on a site that is critical of the financial management of a local municipality. They provided no additional explanation, and no valid legal process.
Transparency Report 