Sources:
- https://transparencyreport.google.com/government-removals/by-country?hl=en
- https://transparency.twitter.com/en/removal-requests.html
- https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/corporate-responsibility/crrr
- https://govtrequests.facebook.com/content-restrictions
- https://transparency.wikimedia.org/content.html
Tool: Tableau (link to Tableau public here)
A straightforward look at some of the data available through Facebook, Google, Twitter, Microsoft, and Wikimedia transparency reports. China is notably missing from the #1 spot because they tend not to go through official channels for content removal — they just block access to these services altogether or things they don’t want people to see.
Article breakdown available here (note: I did the vizzes, but not the written piece) Certainly some better ways to visualize this. Would love to see some remixes. Can share a copy of the Docs spreadsheet if anyone would like to use it for remixing.