The latest update to our bi-annual transparency report, covering the period of July-December 2022, is now available. In it, we are sharing data about government information requests as well as government takedown demands. We’re also including information on data access and removal requests we receive, and notices of copyright and trademark infringement. Privacy Reports User […]
Read more →Today we filed an amicus (“friend of the Court”) brief in the Gonzalez v. Google case that is in front of the Supreme Court. The Gonzalez case challenges Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act and the protections it gives online platforms from being held legally liable for content posted by our users. This is […]
Read more →The latest update to our bi-annual transparency report is now available. In there you will find all of the usual details about the kinds and volume of both information requests and takedown demands that we receive across Automattic’s services. Below we have picked out a number of specific examples, to highlight some of the issues […]
Read more →We’re back again to unveil Automattic’s latest transparency report covering the period between July 1, 2021 – December 31, 2021. Across both WordPress.com and Tumblr, we’re publishing data about government requests for user information, government demands for removal of content, as well as national security requests and notices of copyright and trademark infringement. During the […]
Read more →Today we’re rolling out Automattic’s most recent transparency report which covers January 1, 2021 – June 30, 2021. As in past reports, we’re sharing data about national security requests, government requests for user information, government demands for content removal, as well as notices of copyright and trademark infringement. We’re committed to transparency and we’ve continued […]
Read more →A coalition of technology companies consisting of Automattic, Jodel, Seznam, Twitter and Vimeo have published a joint letter titled “The Digital Services Act: Defending the Digital Single Market and the Open Internet”. The letter highlights their concerns over the potential fragmentation of the EU’s single market for the Internet as a result of national initiatives […]
Read more →It’s time once again for the bi-annual update to Automattic’s transparency report covering the period from July 1, 2020 – December 31, 2020. As ever, we’re providing details about government requests for user information as well as government demands for content removal. We’re also providing information on intellectual property disputes such as DMCA takedown notices […]
Read more →Automattic joined several of our peer companies today to launch Internet Works, a coalition dedicated to working with Congress to promote the benefits of Section 230, a provision of the Communications Decency Act. We look forward to sharing with elected leaders and their staff how Section 230 allows our trust and safety teams to thoughtfully […]
Read more →This week, Automattic joined Mozilla, Twitter, and Vimeo to provide recommendations for how the EU’s Digital Services Act proposals might preserve the open Internet and cultivate a healthy, competitive market for small and emerging companies. We look forward to working with EU leaders as they chart a course for the future of the web. The […]
Read more →Today, we present our update to the Automattic Transparency Report. This most recent data covers the first six months of 2020, from January 1, 2020 – June 30, 2020. Please read through the report here. In addition to our full report, we’re making a CSV file of our data available for the first time. Those […]
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