Google India censor data
By Techgirl

Hats off to Google India!  They received 282 requests from various Indian Government agencies to remove content uploaded to Google platforms.  While there was a 67 percent increase in Content Removal Requests by Indian Government as compared to the previous year, only 22 percent were fully or partially compiled with.  Ironically, the American Government puts in the largest number of requests to remove data, pictures and video uploaded to Google services like Blogger and YouTube.

Especially creditable is the fact that Google itself has released all this data and provided it in such a user friendly way that you can zoom into any country and see great level of detail

Google’s broad view of India is: “We received requests from different law enforcement agencies to remove a blog and YouTube videos that were critical of Chief Ministers and senior officials of different states. We did not comply with these requests.”

Click on this link to get more details of how the Indian Government tries to remove content on Google.

Now will Yahoo, Rediff and other online platforms release similar data as well?

Techgoss note:  Techgirl is a senior Tech journalist who reports on the IT, KPO and KPO Sectors for a leading media house.  In her spare time, she dabbles in satire in her blog techgirltalk.blogspot.com.  Techgirl has been ejected from Twitter for satirizing an Indian Minister.  Her satire blog has links to her Times of India interview detailing her being kicked out of Twitter, and then being invited back.