Google receives government requests for removal of content pieces

The search giant has disclosed that from January to June 2013, it received 3,846government requests to remove 24,737 pieces of content.

According to the Express Tribune, it was found that Pakistan was among the countries with the least requests for content removal, while Turkey made the maximum requests.

The report aims at providing raw evidence of how laws and policies affect access to information online.

Following the key NSA revelations by whistleblower Edward Snowden, tech companies have started to release their annual transparency reports to gain back user trust and lay bare the kind of requests made by governments in the world on user data.