2025: Jul 1 – Dec 31

CountryCourt ordersRequests from government agencies or law enforcementNumber of sites specifiedPercentage of requests where content was removed due to a violation of our policiesPercentage of requests where content was removed solely in response to the demand
Austria111100%0%
France011100%0%
Germany07586%0%
India03367%0%
Indonesia03433%0%
Ireland011100%0%
Luxembourg033100%0%
Malaysia0110%0%
Mexico04325%0%
Philippines0310%0%
Russia0715449%25%
Spain010740%0%
Taiwan011100%0%
Turkey22250%50%
United Kingdom03367%0%
United States022100%0%
Total31169253%16%

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.

CountryTotalCalls to violenceFraudHarm to minors (CSAM)Hateful conductIllegal productsNot hostedPerson at riskPhishingSexually explictSpamTerrorist activitySites specifiedRemoved due to demandRemoved for violation of policyCourt orders
Austria10001000000010%0%0
France10010000000010%0%0
Germany70401001000170%0%0
Ireland10100000000010%0%0
Luxembourg40000000400040%0%0
Spain1003000006010100%0%0
Total24081200110011240%0%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.