Comment by Halaku on 17/02/2022 at 00:55 UTC

30 upvotes, 2 direct replies (showing 2)

View submission: Q4 Safety & Security Report

We received 292 requests from law enforcement or government agencies to remove content, a 15% increase from 2020. We complied in whole or part with 73% of these requests.

Is it okay to inquire for a further breakdown?

• American agencies versus foreign entities?

• Any reasons given to remove said content?

• Is there a difference between an American city or state law enforcement agency saying "Please take that down, it's jeapordizing an engoing investigation" and getting contacted by the Kingdom of Flyspeckopia because it's against the laws there to make memes targeting the Royal Family of Flyspeckopia?

That sort of thing.

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Comment by UndrgrndCartographer at 17/02/2022 at 18:14 UTC

4 upvotes, 1 direct replies

Hey citizen, yes indeed. We break these numbers down by country and compliance rate in the full report full report[1] under “Legal Removals.” Reddit scrutinizes each request to determine its legal sufficiency, and may push back or deny the request entirely for a variety of reasons, including that the request is overbroad or inconsistent with international law (read: human rights issues).

1: https://www.redditinc.com/policies/transparency-report-2021

Comment by [deleted] at 17/02/2022 at 15:55 UTC

1 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Added to this: what was in part and what was in whole?

Like: if there was X number of requests, what percentage in part and what percentage in whole?