April 22, 2010 - 21:02 AMT
Google not complied with request of RA government on removal of URLs from its search index

Armenia’s government applied several times (below 10) to Google with a request to remove URLs from Google’s search index, however, none of the requests was met, Google corporation reported through its new app - Government Requests. It is a Google Maps app that shows how many requests each nation’s government made for users’ personal information or for the removal of the URLs from Google’s search index from July to December 2009, as well as with how many of them Google complied. Thus, the corporation continues its struggle against Internet censorship. The number of requests from majority of countries, including Armenia, is below ten. The following countries are leaders by the number of their requests: Brazil – 3663, U.S. – 3580, Great Britain – 1166, India – 1061 and France – 846.