TikTok’s First Transparency Report – Maximum Number of Content Take Down Requests from India

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Source: The Next Web

India made the highest number of requests for user information and content removal to TikTok, according to its first transparency report.

There has been news reports earlier about content take down requests by social media companies like Google, Facebook, Twitter & others.

TikTok, a popular short video platform, said India sent 107 total requests for user information in the first half 2019. Out of these 99 were legal requests and 8 were emergency requests. A total of 143 user accounts were mentioned in these requests. TikTok said it complied with 47% of these requests from India.

“Any information request we receive is carefully reviewed for legal sufficiency, to determine whether, for example, the requesting entity is authorized to gather evidence in connection with a law enforcement investigation or to investigate an emergency involving imminent harm,” TikTok said in a statement.

The following graph shows the requests that were received from government bodies in the first half of 2019 (January 1 – June 30, 2019) to remove or restrict content.  TikTok did not receive any government requests to remove or restrict content from countries other than those on the list above.

Apart from requests for user information, Indian government made 11 requests to remove content from 9 user accounts. TikTok said it removed or restricted 8 user accounts and 4 pieces of content.

“In addition to legal information requests, government bodies sometimes request that we remove content they deem to be a violation of local laws. We review such requests closely and evaluate the specified content in accordance with our Community Guidelines and local laws,” it said.

Country Government Requests Total Accounts Specified Accounts Removed or Restricted Content Removed or Restricted
Australia 2 2 2 0
France 2 2 2 0
Germany 1 1 0 1
India 11 9 8 4
Israel 1 1 0 1
Italy 1 1 1 0
Japan 3 5 4 1
United Kingdom 1 1 1 0
United States 6 7 7 1

The only other country that came close to India’s record is the United States, which made a total of 85 requests during the first half the 2019. Of these, 79 requests were for accessing user content and six were for removing content.

Source: The Economic Times, TikTok

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