Google complied with censorship requests from China, Russia, authoritarian regimes | The Post Millennial– thepostmillennial.com
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Since 2011, Google has engaged with 150 different governments that have requested content be scrubbed from public domains.
Google has cooperated with authoritarian regimes, including Russia and China, by complying with censorship requests and removing content critical of governments, according to an investigation by the Observer.
Since 2011, Google has engaged with 150 different governments that have requested content be scrubbed from public domains. These requests have come not only from democratic administrations but also from dictatorships and sanctioned regimes, including the police in Afghanistan.
The investigation found that Google has removed content, including YouTube videos, at the request of the Chinese and Russian governments. The removed content included videos of anti-government protests and material accusing politicians of corruption.
Google’s own data shows that 5.6 million items of content have been “named for removal” due to government requests. According to the cybersecurity firm Surfshark, global content removal requests submitted to Google have more than doubled since 2020.