January 1, 2020 – June 30, 2020

Government Requests and Copyrighted Content Takedown Notices (DMCA)

United States Criminal Legal Requests
Requests for User Information pursuant to U.S. legal process.

Category

Requests

Account Identifiers

Percentage of requests where some data was produced

Total

16,931

27,193

80%

Subpoena

3,702

7,009

79%

PRTT

149

265

92%

Court Order

305

464

86%

Search Warrant

11,033

17,094

81%

EDR

1,552

1,924

67%

Wiretap Order

26

59

88%

Summons

164

378

88%

International Government Information Requests
Requests for User Information from government entities outside the United States.

Country

Emergency Requests

Account Identifiers* for Emergency Requests

Percentage of emergency requests where some data was produced

Other Information Requests

Account Identifiers for Other Requests

Percentage of other information request where some data was produced

Total

1,157

1,349

69%

3,153

4,448

49%

Argentina

0

0

0%

1

1

0%

Australia

83

88

82%

78

177

4%

Austria

1

1

0%

19

27

0%

Belgium

1

1

100%

51

67

2%

Bermuda

1

1

100%

1

5

0%

Bulgaria

0

0

0%

1

1

0%

Canada

320

365

74%

114

163

53%

Denmark

1

1

0%

94

169

0%

Estonia

0

0

0%

1

1

0%

Finland

2

2

50%

3

3

0%

France

73

86

34%

370

497

64%

Germany

94

98

67%

273

376

1%

Guernsey

0

0

0%

2

4

0%

Hungary

0

0

0%

2

4

0%

India

6

11

67%

36

54

0%

Ireland

5

7

20%

20

26

0%

Israel

1

2

100%

0

0

0%

Jordan

5

5

0%

5

5

0%

Kosovo

0

0

0%

3

3

0%

Kuwait

0

0

0%

1

1

0%

Lithuania

0

0

0%

1

2

0%

Luxembourg

0

0

0%

2

3

0%

Macedonia

0

0

0%

1

1

0%

Maldives

0

0

0%

4

4

0%

Mexico

0

0

0%

2

2

0%

Netherlands

43

50

67%

2

7

0%

New Zealand

2

6

50%

9

13

0%

Norway

31

43

84%

66

112

0%

Pakistan

0

0

0%

1

1

0%

Poland

4

5

25%

16

24

0%

Portugal

0

0

0%

2

3

0%

Qatar

3

3

0%

0

0

0%

Serbia

0

0

0%

2

30

0%

Singapore

0

0

0%

6

6

0%

Slovenia

7

14

0%

6

9

0%

Spain

0

0

0%

2

2

0%

Sweden

7

7

14%

107

178

0%

Switzerland

22

40

45%

15

21

0%

United Arab Emirates

3

4

100%

1

1

0%

United Kingdom

442

509

73%

1,833

2,445

67%

* “Account Identifiers” reflects the number of identifiers (e.g., username, email address, phone number, etc.) specified by law enforcement in legal process when requesting user information. Some legal process may include more than one identifier. In some instances, multiple identifiers may identify a single account. In instances where a single identifier is specified in multiple requests, each instance is included.

United States National Security Requests
Requests for User Information pursuant to national security legal process.

National Security

Requests

Account Identifiers*

NSLs and FISA Orders/Directives

0-249

500-749

Governmental Content Removal Requests
This category identifies demands by a government entity to remove content that would otherwise be permissible under our Terms of Service or Community Guidelines.

Removal Requests

Percentage of requests where some content was removed

0

N/A

Note: Although we do not formally track when we remove content that violates our policies when a request has been made by a governmental entity, we believe it is an extremely rare occurrence. When we believe it is necessary to restrict content that is deemed unlawful in a particular country, but does not otherwise violate our policies, we seek to restrict access to it geographically when possible, rather than remove it globally.

Copyrighted Content Takedown Notices (DMCA)
This category reflects any valid takedown notices we received under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.

DMCA Takedown Notices

Percentage of requests where some content was removed

403

29.5%

DMCA Counter-Notices

Percentage of requests where some content was reinstated

0

N/A