| Country | Court Orders | Requests from government agencies or law enforcement | Number of sites specified | Percentage of requests where content was removed due to a violation of our policies | Percentage of requests where content was removed solely in response to the demand |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 0 | 2 | 3 | 50% | 0% |
| France | 0 | 6 | 5 | 50% | 0% |
| Germany | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0% | 0% |
| India | 0 | 4 | 4 | 25% | 0% |
| Italy | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0% | 0% |
| Japan | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0% | 0% |
| Mexico | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0% | 0% |
| Netherlands | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0% | 0% |
| New Zealand | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100% | 0% |
| Pakistan | 1 | 7 | 11 | 25% | 25% |
| Poland | 0 | 1 | 2 | 100% | 0% |
| Republic of Korea | 0 | 2 | 2 | 50% | 0% |
| Russia | 0 | 136 | 84 | 54% | 32% |
| Spain | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0% | 0% |
| Turkey | 21 | 0 | 21 | 24% | 48% |
| United Kingdom | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0% | 0% |
| United States | 2 | 2 | 5 | 25% | 25% |
| Total | 24 | 169 | 146 | 47% | 29% |
For demands that come from Pakistan, Russia, and Turkey, we geoblock the specific content or site(s) at issue, so that WordPress.com remains otherwise accessible in the country. You can read a bit more about our approach to those kinds of takedown demands here.
Recent Examples
Here are a few recent examples of takedown demands that we received:
United States
- A representative of the State of Alaska requested we takedown a site that has content alleging state trooper corruption.
Russia
- The Federal Service for Supervision in the Sphere of Telecom, Information Technologies and Mass Communications (ROSKOMNADZOR) demanded the removal of a post about freestyle soccer balls from a personal blog site.
Pakistan
- The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority demanded the removal of a post from a site that contains content critical of the Pakistani government.
Transparency Report 