Transparency Report

Google Transparency Report

Since Google launched the first Transparency Report in 2010, we’ve been sharing data that sheds light on how the policies and actions of governments and corporations affect privacy, security, and access to information online.

A history of transparency

A brief summary of important events in the origin, development, and evolution of Google’s Transparency Report.

Recent updates

The latest news, updates, and data from Google’s Transparency Report.

Jun 2, 2022
Political advertising on Google has a new URL because we are consolidating all of our ads transparency efforts. It also has a new look, but its mission remains the same. We are committed to supporting responsible political advertising around the world.
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Sep 15, 2021
Google is committed to promoting transparency for business users of our platforms. As a provider of online intermediation services platforms, we will publish this report annually, in accordance with the European Platform to Business (P2B) regulation, which came into effect on July 12, 2020.
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Sep 8, 2021
We published data and samples of noteworthy requests to delist content from search results that may violate our Counterfeit goods policy we received from May 31, 2020 to May 31, 2021 on our "Content delistings due to counterfeit" report. This information provides data on these requests and general information about our removal practices and policies.
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Jun 30, 2021
Google publishes monthly transparency reports on complaints received from users in India and the actions taken across Google’s platforms that are classified as “Significant Social Media Intermediaries” (“SSMIs”).
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May 6, 2021
We updated our Android Ecosystem Security Report with data for the period January - March 2021, and organized the report into Device Safety and Play Store Safety sections. This report provides transparency into our efforts to reduce Potentially Harmful Application (PHA) rates on devices and in Google Play.
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Apr 8, 2021
We published the data and samples of noteworthy government requests to remove content we received from July to December 2020 on our "Government requests to remove content" report. This information shines a light on the scale and scope of government requests for online content removal and its impact through the second half of 2020.
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Feb 24, 2021
As part of our commitment to keeping platforms safe, we launched the Combating Online Child Sexual Abuse Material transparency report. This report contains data regarding Google’s efforts and resources to combat CSAM on our platforms and the work we do to detect, remove, and report this abusive material.
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