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{"source_url": "http://www.firstpost.com", "url": "http://www.firstpost.com/tech/news-analysis/tiktok-releases-its-first-transparency-report-india-tops-the-list-with-over-100-content-takedown-requests-7849511.html", "title": "TikTok releases its first transparency report; India tops the list with over 100 content takedown requests- Technology News, Firstpost", "top_image": "https://images.firstpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/tiktok1280.jpg", "meta_img": "https://images.firstpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/tiktok1280.jpg", "images": ["https://images.firstpost.com/fpimages/380x285/fixed/jpg/flip_quote/20200102051503_The_Indian_Space_Research_Organisation_ISRO_Chairman_Dr._K._Sivan_addressing_a_press_conference_on_issues_related_to_Department_of_Space_in_New_Delhi_on_August_28_2018-1.jpg", "https://static.firstpost.com/assets/images/fp-blk.png", "https://images.firstpost.com/wp-content/uploads/assets/images/tech2/tech-logo-final.png", "https://static.firstpost.com/assets/images/fp-logo-footer.png", "https://www.facebook.com/tr?id=259288058299626&ev=PageView\r\n &noscript=1", "https://images.firstpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/tiktok1280.jpg", "https://images.firstpost.com/fpimages/380x285/fixed/jpg/flip_quote/20191231045632_Screenshot 2019-12-31 at 10.26.12 AM.png", "https://images.firstpost.com/optimize/1RMeBhSvsPaEKaTevplxVnbIE2Q=/images.firstpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/tiktokpic1024.jpg", "https://static.firstpost.com/assets/images/amazon-2.png", "http://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/pagead/viewthroughconversion/1043201315/?value=1.00¤cy_code=INR&label=vQUcCJHdmwMQo_q38QM&guid=ON&script=0", "https://static.firstpost.com/assets/images/placeholder_tech2_logo.jpg", "https://q.quora.com/_/ad/e5838f59df19473d9c95e4296307c5de/pixel?tag=ViewContent&noscript=1", "https://images.firstpost.com/wp-content/uploads/assets/images/tech2/tech-hamburger.png ", "https://sb.scorecardresearch.com/p?c1=2&c2=6683813&cv=2.0&cj=1", "https://images.firstpost.com/wp-content/uploads/eighteen-nw.png", "https://images.firstpost.com/wp-content/uploads/assets/images/tech2/rev_tech2-logo-final.png"], "movies": [], "text": "tech2 News Staff\n\nTikTok has released its first transparency report that details which countries have submitted requests for content removal as well as access to user data, and hey, India ranks number one in that. Not surprising given the whole TikTok ban saga we witnessed last year.\n\nThe Indian government reportedly sent as many as 107 requests for user data and 11 requests to remove or restrict content or account on the platform, of which eight were categorised as emergency requests. A total of 143 accounts were specified in these requests.\n\nThe report does not specify how TikTok reached a verdict for each of these requests but does mention that the platform complied with 47 percent of these requests.\n\nThis transparency report compiles the data from 1 January 2019 to 30 June 2019.\n\nFollowed by India, is the US, which sent out 79 requests for user data, along with six requests for content takedowns. TikTok says it complied with 86 percent of the user data requests and restricted or blocked seven accounts related to the content takedown requests.\n\nCountry Legal Requests Emergency Requests Total Requests Total Accounts Specified Percentage of Requests Where Some Information Was Produced India 99 8 107 143 47% US 68 11 79 255 86% Japan 28 7 35 39 21% Germany 9 3 12 12 25% Norway 6 5 11 15 33%\n\nTable 1: Depicts the top 5 legal requests for user information received by TikTok.\n\nInterestingly, China is absent from the report. TikTok claims it did not receive a single takedown request from the Communist Party of China in the first half of 2019. But this is probably because TikTok does not operate in China. The Chinese version of the app, which runs as a separate organisation, is called Douyin. There were allegations of TikTok taking down content related to the Hong Kong protests from other countries though. Whether that would come under China requesting content takedown is open to interpretation.\n\nCountry Government Requests Total Accounts Specified Accounts Removed or Restricted Content Removed or Restricted India 11 9 8 4 United States 6 7 7 1 Japan 3 5 4 1 Australia 2 2 2 0 France 2 2 2 0\n\nTable 2: Depicts top 5 government requests received by TikTok to remove or restrict content.\n\nPer the report, TikTok also received 35 requests from Japan, 12 from Germany, 11 from Norway, eight from France, six each from the UK, Sweden and South Korea, five from Australia, three each from Israel and Italy, two from Poland and one each from Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Hungary, Iceland, Jordan, New Zealand, Pakistan, Russia, Singapore, Switzerland and Turkey.\n\nTikTok head of public policy, Eric Ebenstein also reveals how the company decides to comply with a takedown request or how it considers any such requests in the first place. He writes in a blog, \u201cWe take any request from government bodies extremely seriously, and closely review each such request we receive to determine whether, for example, the request adheres to the required legal process or the content violates local law.\u201d\n\nTikTok adds that any \u201cinformation request we receive is carefully reviewed for legal sufficiency, to determine whether, for example, the requesting entity is authorised to gather evidence in connection with a law enforcement investigation or to investigate an emergency involving imminent harm.\u201d\n\nFind latest and upcoming tech gadgets online on Tech2 Gadgets. Get technology news, gadgets reviews & ratings. 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