[New post] Google receives 2M takedown requests a day for pirated content, up from 1M last year

Ben Lovejoy posted: " The latest numbers in Google's transparency report show that the search giant currently receives more than 65 million requests a month to remove links to pirated content – which works out at 2M per day, or 1,500 per minute. That's a doubling in num" Respond to this post by replying above this line New post on 9to5Google Google receives 2M takedown requests a day for pirated content, up from 1M last year by Ben Lovejoy The latest numbers in Google's transparency report show that the search giant currently receives more than 65 million requests a month to remove links to pirated content – which works out at 2M per day, or 1,500 per minute. That's a doubling in number in a little over a year, the company reporting that takedown requests hit 1M in August 2014. Go back to 2011, and the numbers were measured in the mere hundreds. Google introduced a new automated system last year designed to help fight piracy ...  Read more of this post Ben Lovejoy | November 23, 2015 at 4:49 am | Tags: DCMA, Google, Piracy, Takedown requests | Categories: Search | URL: http://wp.me/p1w6tN-wBN Comment    See all comments Unsubscribe to no longer receive posts from 9to5Google. Change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://9to5google.com/2015/11/23/google-dcma-takedown-requests/ Thanks for flying with WordPress.com