| 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 | 1 | 1 | 0% | 0% |
| Brazil | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100% | 0% |
| France | 0 | 9 | 11 | 89% | 0% |
| Germany | 0 | 2 | 2 | 100% | 0% |
| India | 2 | 4 | 7 | 17% | 17% |
| Mexico | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0% | 0% |
| Netherlands | 0 | 3 | 3 | 33% | 0% |
| Pakistan | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100% | 0% |
| Qatar | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100% | 0% |
| Republic of Korea | 0 | 3 | 75 | 33% | 0% |
| Russia | 0 | 83 | 68 | 40% | 40% |
| Turkey | 23 | 0 | 22 | 4% | 74% |
| United Kingdom | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0% | 0% |
| Total | 25 | 111 | 195 | 37% | 38% |
For demands that come from Pakistan, Russia, and Turkey, we will generally geoblock the specific content or site(s) at issue, so that WordPress.com remains otherwise accessible in the country. However, in cases of particularly egregious censorship, we have pushed back and do push back where possible. You can read a bit more about our approach to those kinds of takedown demands here.
Recent Examples
Here are some recent examples of takedown demands that we received:
Republic of Korea
- The Korea Internet & Security Agency (KISA) demanded the removal of patent registration info from a ventilation system business site, which turned out to be publicly available information.
Russia
- We continue to receive numerous takedown demands from the Russian Government relating to the war in Ukraine, including journalistic sites that are critical of Russia’s invasion.
Transparency Report 