| 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 | 3 | 3 | 33% | 0% |
| Brazil | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0% | 0% |
| France | 1 | 4 | 9 | 80% | 20% |
| Germany | 0 | 6 | 6 | 17% | 0% |
| India | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100% | 0% |
| Italy | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0% | 0% |
| Japan | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0% | 0% |
| Mexico | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0% | 0% |
| Netherlands | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0% | 0% |
| Philippines | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0% | 0% |
| Russia | 0 | 109 | 70 | 29% | 26% |
| Somalia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100% | 0% |
| Spain | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0% | 0% |
| Taiwan | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100% | 0% |
| Turkey | 10 | 0 | 13 | 10% | 90% |
| United Kingdom | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0% | 0% |
| Total | 12 | 137 | 120 | 28% | 26% |
For demands that come from 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.
| Country | Total | Defamation | Fraud | Terrorist activity | Hateful conduct | Calls to violence | Self-harm | IP infringement | Sites specified | Removed due to demand | Removed for violation of policy | Court orders |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| France | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 20% | 80% | 0 |
| Germany | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0% | 13% | 0 |
| Italy | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0% | 0% | 0 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0% | 0% | 0 |
| Spain | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0% | 0% | 0 |
| Total | 18 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 6% | 28% | 0 |
Notes
- With regards to Takedown Demands Received from EU Member States, the data provided is according to the requirements of the DSA, Article 15, “Transparency reporting obligations for providers of intermediary services.”
- The information provided is for the total number of takedown requests per country, broken down by type of reported content at issue.
- The table also provides the percentage of the total amount of orders where we complied and the percentage of orders resulted in action taken due to a violation of our guidelines.
- We are also reporting the median time (in hours) that it took to confirm receipt and take action on reported content.
Recent Examples
Here are some recent examples of takedown demands that we received:
Australia
- An Australian state government consumer affairs department contacted us requesting the takedown of content regarding the status of a real estate agent’s credentials after the agent’s license had been revoked for an alleged aggravated assault on a local politician.
Russia
- The Russian Government continues to target content related to their continued invasion of Ukraine. These sites are often critical of Russian leadership and Russia’s role in the conflict.
Transparency Report 