Category: transparency report

YouTube’s appeal process is largely ineffective

Post author By Randall
Post date February 28, 2020
Categories In appeals, creators, flagged, gear, Google, Internet, removed, Tech, transparency report, Videos, Youtube

[ad_1] YouTube creators have been asking for more transparency around the video removal appeals process. This is the first time YouTube has shared appeals data, but the info probably isn’t going to make creators too happy. For months, the YouTubers Union has been calling for the appeals process to be overseen by a third-party council, […]

TikTok report says China didn’t request user info in the first half of 2019

Post author By Randall
Post date January 2, 2020
Categories In bytedance, China, gear, Internet, Mobile, Politics, Security, services, Social Media, social network, social networking, Tech, Tiktok, transparency, transparency report, Video

[ad_1] Following India, TikTok received the most user information requests from American authorities. In the US, it got 79 requests related to 255 accounts, and went on to share information in 86 percent of cases. In third was Japan, where authorities requested information 35 times. “To foster candid dialogue essential to earning and maintaining trust, […]

Google’s 2020 transparency reports will include enterprise data requests

Post author By Randall
Post date October 24, 2019
Categories In business, gear, Google, Politics, Tech, transparency, transparency report

[ad_1] “The publication of this information is an important milestone in our efforts to improve transparency and help address broader uncertainty about how often governments are coming to Google to request access to enterprise customer data,” said Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian in a brief blog post. In the same post, Google outlines five new […]

Apple reveals how often governments request App Store takedowns

Post author By Randall
Post date July 3, 2019
Categories In app store, Apple, gear, Mobile, Tech, transparency report

[ad_1] Meanwhile, Russia sent in 10 requests specifying 11 apps and Norway sent in one requesting the removal of 37 apps related to illegal gambling investigations. Saudi Arabia also just sent Apple one request, but it called for the removal of 25 apps that reportedly violated its privacy law. In all, Apple granted 75 of […]

Warrantless searches of Americans’ data spiked 28 percent in 2018

Post author By Randall
Post date April 30, 2019
Categories In data, foreign surveillance, gear, Internet, national security agency, nsa, office of the director of national intelligence, phone records, Politics, Privacy, search, Security, spying, surveillance, Tech, transparency report, Verizon, warrantless

[ad_1] While Americans are typically protected from unwarranted searches by the Fourth Amendment, some of their data gets caught when NSA collects intelligence on foreigners living overseas. This year’s report also reveals that the NSA monitored the communication of an estimated 164,770 foreign individuals or groups in 2018, compared to 129,080 in 2017. As TechCrunch […]