RU and CN are a glaring absence, which will skew the overall compliance rates.
In previous iterations of Google's report, they declined to report numbers from
China because of concerns that the government would designate that data a state
secret (heavily punishable). However, given that the S
The glossary indicates the reporting only covers criminal law enforcement
matters, so it probably excludes national security requests. Another thing to
ask for in future iterations, given Google's precedent on NSLs.
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Cynthia M. Wong
Senior Researcher on the Internet
Business & Human Righ
