For those curious, the spike in National Security takedown requests in 2016-2017 seems to have been largely driven by requests from the Russian government (whic

For those curious, the spike in National Security takedown requests in 2016-2017 seems to have been largely driven by requests from the Russian government (which have since petered out), not the United States. https://transparencyreport.google.com/government-removals/by-country/RU?hl=en&country_request_amount=group_by:reasons;period:;authority:RU&lu=country_request_amount https://transparencyreport.google.com/government-removals/by... Somewhat interestingly, the biggest takedown requests in the U.S. seems to be due defamation lawsuits, and they come from the judicial (not executive) branch. https://transparencyreport.google.com/government-removals/by-country/US?hl=en&country_request_amount=group_by:reasons;period:;authority:RU&lu=country_item_amount&country_item_amount=group_by:branches;period:;authority:RU https://transparencyreport.google.com/government-removals/by... Not sure what to make of this; but it's interesting. :)