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

Article 15 Digital Markets Act (EU) Public Overview

This public overview of consumer profiling techniques applied to or across Alphabet’s core platform services is published by Google Ireland Limited pursuant to Article 15 DMA. The European Union (EU) Digital Markets Act came into effect on 6 March 2024.

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Audit Implementation Report under the European Union Digital Services Act (EU DSA)

The European Union (EU) Digital Services Act (DSA) came into force on 16 November 2022. This consolidated audit implementation report regarding Google Maps, Google Play, Google Shopping, YouTube, and Google Search is published by Google Ireland Limited pursuant to Articles 37 and 42 DSA.

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Compliance Report under the European Union Digital Markets Act (EU DMA)

The European Union (EU) Digital Markets Act (DMA) came into force on 6 March 2024. This summary of our compliance report, published pursuant to Art. 11 of the DMA, describes our compliance with Arts. 5, 6, and 7. This summary is intended to facilitate meaningful input from third parties to the European Commission regarding our compliance with those obligations.

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Content delistings due to counterfeit

Google regularly receives requests to delist content from search results that may violate our Counterfeit goods policy. This report provides data on these requests and general information about our removal practices and policies.

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EU Platform to Business Annual Report

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 on the effectiveness of our internal complaints handling processes annually, in accordance with the European Platform to Business (P2B) regulation, which came into effect on July 12, 2020.

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Google Maps Audit Report under the European Union Digital Services Act (EU DSA)

The European Union (EU) Digital Services Act (DSA) came into force on 16 November 2022. We welcome the DSA's goals of making the internet even more safe, transparent and accountable, while ensuring that everyone in the EU continues to benefit from the open web. This audit report regarding Google Maps is published by Google Ireland Limited pursuant to Articles 37 and 42 DSA.

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Google Play Audit Report under the European Union Digital Services Act (EU DSA)

The European Union (EU) Digital Services Act (DSA) came into force on 16 November 2022. We welcome the DSA's goals of making the internet even more safe, transparent and accountable, while ensuring that everyone in the EU continues to benefit from the open web. This audit report regarding Google Play is published by Google Ireland Limited pursuant to Articles 37 and 42 DSA.

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Google Search Audit Report under the European Union Digital Services Act (EU DSA)

The European Union (EU) Digital Services Act (DSA) came into force on 16 November 2022. We welcome the DSA's goals of making the internet even more safe, transparent and accountable, while ensuring that everyone in the EU continues to benefit from the open web. This audit report regarding Google Search is published by Google Ireland Limited pursuant to Articles 37 and 42 DSA.

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Google Shopping Audit Report under the European Union Digital Services Act (EU DSA)

The European Union (EU) Digital Services Act (DSA) came into force on 16 November 2022. We welcome the DSA's goals of making the internet even more safe, transparent and accountable, while ensuring that everyone in the EU continues to benefit from the open web. This audit report regarding Google Shopping is published by Google Ireland Limited pursuant to Articles 37 and 42 DSA.

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Information about Monthly Active Recipients under the Digital Services Act (EU)

The European Union (EU) Digital Services Act (DSA) came into force on 16 November 2022. We welcome the DSA's goals of making the internet even more safe, transparent and accountable, while ensuring that everyone in the EU continues to benefit from the open web. This report is published on 14 February 2025 in compliance with Article 24(2) DSA, which requires providers of online platforms and search engines to publish information on the average “monthly active recipients of the service” in the EU.

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Information Technology (Guidelines for Intermediaries and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021

Google publishes monthly transparency reports on complaints received from users in India and the actions taken thereon across Google’s platforms that are classified as “Significant Social Media Intermediaries” (“SSMIs”).

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Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021: Grievance Appellate Committees Transparency Report in accordance with Rule 3A(7)

In accordance with Rule 3A(7) of the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 ("IT Rules"), Google is publishing this report with details of orders received by Google from the Grievance Appellate Committees.

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Online Platform, Hosting Service and Intermediary Service Provider Transparency Reports under the European Union Digital Services Act (EU DSA)

The European Union (EU) Digital Services Act (DSA) came into force on 16 November 2022. We welcome the DSA's goals of making the internet even more safe, transparent and accountable, while ensuring that everyone in the EU continues to benefit from the open web. This report is published pursuant to Arts. 15 and 24 DSA.

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Regulation (EU) 2021/784 on addressing the dissemination of Terrorist Content Online Transparency Report

The European Parliament and the Council of the European Union have introduced regulation (EU) 2021/784 with regards to hosting terrorist content on certain online platforms. Google is committed to promoting transparency for the users of our platforms as to the action taken to address the dissemination of terrorist content.

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Removals under the Law No. 5651 (Turkish Internet Law)

On July 31, 2020, the Turkish government introduced amendments to the Law No. 5651 on Regulation of Broadcasts via Internet and Prevention of Crimes Committed through Such Broadcasts (“Law No. 5651”) which requires social network providers to publish reports on a semiannual basis.

This report is published for the purposes of compliance with this reporting obligation and provides data on our access ban and content removal processes as well as statistical and categorical information on individual requests. The report also provides general information about our removal practices and policies.

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South Korea Network Act and the Telecommunications Business Act Transparency Report

Based on Article 64-5 of the Act on Promotion of Information and Communications Network Utilization and Information Protection.

The two bills that passed on May 20, 2020 are amendments to the Network Act and the Telecommunications Business Act that requires online service providers (OSPs) to implement technical and administrative measures to prevent the circulation of illegal sexual content on their platforms. The technical and managerial measures stipulated in the two bills include requirements such as having an intake mechanism for reports on illegal sexual content, removing / blocking access to such content upon notice, recording the operational status of technical measures, designating a person responsible for compliance, and submitting an annual transparency report.

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Systemic Risk Assessment Report under the European Union Digital Services Act (EU DSA)

The European Union (EU) Digital Services Act (DSA) came into force on 16 November 2022. We welcome the DSA's goals of making the internet even more safe, transparent and accountable, while ensuring that everyone in the EU continues to benefit from the open web. With respect to Google Search, Google Maps, Google Play, Google Shopping, and YouTube, as required by Article 42 DSA, Google Ireland Limited has published its report here setting out the results of the risk assessment pursuant to Article 34 DSA and the specific mitigation measures put in place pursuant to Article 35(1) DSA.

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Transparency Report Under Regulation (EU) 2021/1232

The European Parliament and the Council have introduced Regulation (EU) 2021/1232 on a temporary derogation from certain provisions of Directive 2002/58/EC as regards the use of technologies by providers of number-independent interpersonal communications services for the processing of personal and other data for the purpose of combating online child sexual abuse (the “Regulation”). The providers of electronic communication services (ECS) in scope of the Regulation must publish a transparency report on the processing of personal data under this Regulation on an annual basis. This report provides information on the processing of personal data for the purpose of detecting and removing online child sexual abuse and reporting it to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) for the ECS in scope of the Regulation within the European Union (EU).

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Transparency Report under the Communication Platforms Act (KoPl-G)

The Communication Platforms Act (KoPl-G), which entered into force on January 1, 2021, is an Austrian law that sets requirements for how the providers of communication platforms have to handle complaints about illegal textual content.

The biannual report provides data consistent with § 4 KoPl-G, including information about YouTube’s organization and procedures, the volume of complaints received under the law, and the volume of removed content pursuant to the law.

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VLOSE/VLOP Transparency Report under the European Union Digital Services Act (EU DSA)

The European Union (EU) Digital Services Act (DSA) came into force on 16 November 2022. We welcome the DSA's goals of making the internet even more safe, transparent and accountable, while ensuring that everyone in the EU continues to benefit from the open web. This report is published by GIL pursuant to Arts. 15, 24, and/or 42 DSA.

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YouTube Audit Report under the European Union Digital Services Act (EU DSA)

The European Union (EU) Digital Services Act (DSA) came into force on 16 November 2022. We welcome the DSA's goals of making the internet even more safe, transparent and accountable, while ensuring that everyone in the EU continues to benefit from the open web. This audit report regarding YouTube is published by Google Ireland Limited pursuant to Articles 37 and 42 DSA.

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YouTube Copyright Transparency Report

YouTube offers Copyright Management tools for all copyright owners. We match rightsholders with the appropriate tool based on their needs and capabilities. This report provides data on rights management across YouTube, both for rightsholders and users affected by copyright claims. It also provides general information about our rights management practices and policies.

For newer versions of this report covering periods after 2022, please see the updated YouTube Copyright Transparency Report.

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