As I wrote back in April, Google is bringing some transparency to government snooping and censorship by reporting on the number of requests made by the countries in which they operate.
According to techradar.com, Google has since updated their report to show the number of requests made in the first half of 2010. And how did how well did the “land of the free” rank?
The report details how the US government asked Google for user information 4,287 times in the first six months of this year, while the UK government issued 1,000 similar requests to the search giant over the same period.
Brazil was second to the U.S. with 2435 requests with France and India falling within range of the UK.
In terms of take-down requests, Brazil took the lead with 398 and the U.S. following in third place right behind Libya.
