Share of legal demands to remove content that Twitter/X acted on

Twitter acted on 29% to 54% of worldwide legal demands to remove content in its last five reports (2019-H2 to 2021-H2, ending at 51%). After Elon Musk's purchase, X reported acting on 70.82% of 72,703 demands in the first half of 2024 and 81.89% of 97,006 in the second half. No reports were published for 2022-H2 through 2023, and the two companies define the rate differently.

companymetricperiodrate_pct
TwitterTwitter compliance rate2019-H235
TwitterTwitter compliance rate2020-H131
TwitterTwitter compliance rate2020-H229
TwitterTwitter compliance rate2021-H154
TwitterTwitter compliance rate2021-H251
XX action rate2024-H170.82
XX action rate2024-H281.89

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