Twitter/X legal demands to remove content by half-year
Worldwide legal demands to remove content, the share acted on, and related figures, as published by Twitter (2012-2022) and X (2024).
Unit of observation: One half-year reporting period
x-removal-demands.csv
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29 field definitions
| Field | Type | Meaning | Units | Value type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
period |
string | Half-year, e.g. 2021-H2 (July-December 2021). | — | observed |
period_start |
date | First day of the period. | — | observed |
period_end |
date | Last day of the period. | — | observed |
company |
string | Twitter, Twitter/X, or X, as the reporting company. | — | observed |
report_status |
string | published, summary only, or missing (no report published). | — | derived |
removal_requests_total |
integer | Legal demands to remove content received worldwide. Empty when not published. | demands | observed |
court_orders |
integer | Demands that were court orders (2012-2021 only). | demands | observed |
other_legal_demands |
integer | Other legal demands (2012-2021 only). | demands | observed |
accounts_specified |
integer | Accounts named in the demands, where reported. | accounts | observed |
compliance_rate_pct |
number | Share of demands acted on. Twitter compliance rate (2019-H2 to 2021-H2) or X action rate (2024); see compliance_metric. | percent | observed |
compliance_metric |
string | Definition of compliance_rate_pct for the row. | — | observed |
us_requests |
integer | Removal demands from the United States, where reported. | demands | observed |
us_compliance_pct |
number | Compliance rate for US demands, where reported. | percent | observed |
top1_jurisdiction |
string | Jurisdiction with the most demands. | — | observed |
top1_requests |
integer | Demands from top1_jurisdiction. | demands | observed |
top1_compliance_pct |
number | Compliance or action rate for top1_jurisdiction. | percent | observed |
top2_jurisdiction |
string | Second jurisdiction by demands. | — | observed |
top2_requests |
integer | Demands from top2_jurisdiction. | demands | observed |
top2_compliance_pct |
number | Compliance or action rate for top2_jurisdiction. | percent | observed |
top3_jurisdiction |
string | Third jurisdiction by demands. | — | observed |
top3_requests |
integer | Demands from top3_jurisdiction. | demands | observed |
top3_compliance_pct |
number | Compliance or action rate for top3_jurisdiction. | percent | observed |
info_requests_total |
integer | Government requests for user account information. | requests | observed |
info_disclosure_pct |
number | Share of information requests where some data was disclosed. For 2012-2021, a request-weighted average of published per-country rates (about +/-0.5 points). | percent | derived |
us_info_requests |
integer | US government information requests, where reported. | requests | observed |
us_info_disclosure_pct |
number | Disclosure rate for US information requests, where reported. | percent | observed |
source_type |
string | primary or none. | — | observed |
source_url |
string | Source for the row. | — | observed |
notes |
string | Row-level notes and definitional caveats. | — | observed |
