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is this accurate? i dont find india in this repo and i am quite sure india has done takedown requests in the past, buli bai app is the most recent i can remember https://currentaffairs.studyiq.com/topics/science-technology...

". The IT ministry sent a request to the coding platform to remove the derogatory page, after which the page has been"

if the ministry sent a request, shouldnt this be here?

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I say full list or no list. Other than that, it sends the wrong message that "this country" is doing censorship and "this country" is not. No mention how they would deal with a National security letter (18 U.S.C. § 2709)

transparency for some countries but not others is not transparency.

I say they should take down this repo, or mention something about how they would deal with an NSL.

from GitHub's transparency report: https://github.blog/2022-01-27-2021-transparency-report/#Nat... "We’re very limited in what we can legally disclose about national security letters and Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) orders. The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has issued guidelines that only allow us to report information about these types of requests in ranges of 250, starting with zero. As shown below, we received 0–249 notices in 2021, affecting 0–249 accounts."

I don't think the list is complete either, there's a few other examples I can think of that should be there.

It's funny how China, Russia and Hong Kong stand out on the repo. I guess we keep our allies secret/quiet.

> I don't think the list is complete either, there's a few other examples I can think of that should be there

Such as?

I wouldn't be surprised if India or other countries have made takedown requests in the past that may have had confidentiality of some level attached to them.

For example, do not publish the request for foo since it might endanger bar etc. This theory would at least explain the very small list of included countries.

so whats the point of "transparency" if there is a shut-up clause?

I wouldn't be surprised if takedown requests from China and Russia also have confidentiality attached to them. There are some countries you are bound by national policy (as administered through private media companies) to respect, like the Saudis for example, and others that you're lauded for not respecting, like China and Russia.

The US isn't the only country that has NSLs

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