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UK: Google asked to remove 135 YouTube videos for 'UK national security issues' - US technology giant reports 71% rise in content removal requests from UK government or police

01 October 2011

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UK: Google asked to remove 135 YouTube videos for 'UK national security issues' - US technology giant reports 71% rise in content removal requests from UK government or police (Guardian, link).

"Google received 1,273 overall requests for user data in the period, compared with 1,162 requests for information in the second half of 2010."

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