Google Says Governments Requesting More Content Removals

The owner of the world’s largest search engine said there were 1,791 requests in the six months through June, up from 1,048 during the last six months of 2011, according to its Transparency Report. Turkey’s government made 501 requests to remove content, up from 45 in the previous period, while the U.S. followed with 273, up from 187.