Twitter received 16,000 user data disclosure requests from more than 85 countries in the first half of 2022, with the top five countries being India, the United States, France, Japan, and Germany.
On April 26, 2023, Twitter published a transparency report on its policy enforcement for the first half of 2022 (January 1 to June 30, 2022) on its blog. In total, Twitter requested users to remove more than 6.5 million pieces of content during the period, according to reports, and suspended more than 1.6 million accounts for violating the Twitter Rules.
Transparency is fundamental to everything we do at Twitter. As we review our approach to transparency reporting for the future, today we're publishing our 21st report, with data on our policy enforcement for the first half of 2022. Read more here:
https: //t.co/AxXXXWUzEV — Twitter Safety (@TwitterSafety) April 25, 2023
An update on Twitter Transparency Reporting
https://blog.twitter.com/en_us/topics/company/2023/an-update-on-twitter-transparency-reporting
Twitter says removed more content in first half of 2022 than in previous six months | Reuters
https://www.reuters.com/technology/twitter-says-it-removed-more-content-first-half-2022-than-previous-6-months-2023-04-25/
In the first half of 2022, Twitter notified users to remove 6,586,109 pieces of content that violated the Twitter Rules, took enforcement actions against 5,096,272 accounts, and removed 1,618,855 accounts. Reported frozen. Compared to the second half of 2021, the number of content removal requests increased by 29%, account enforcement actions increased by 20%, and account suspensions increased by 28%.
Below is a table showing the types of Twitter policy violations and the number of responses taken by Twitter in the first half of 2022.
| Types of policy violations/Twitter response | ACCOUNT ACTIONS | account freeze | Delete account |
|---|---|---|---|
| abuse/harassment | 1,083,788 cases | 96,284 cases | 1,524,067 cases |
| child sexual exploitation | 696,015 cases | 691,704 cases | 11,927 cases |
| hacked material | 65 cases | 0 cases | 135 cases |
| hate act | 1,085,651 cases | 111,056 cases | 1,527,442 cases |
| Illegal or regulated goods and services | 399,297 cases | 249,328 cases | 1,365,341 cases |
| impersonation | 266,034 cases | 249,572 cases | 19,798 cases |
| Misleading or Fraudulent Identity | 2 cases | 0 cases | 2 cases |
| non-consensual nudity | 68,714 cases | 16,670 cases | 115,226 cases |
| perpetrators of violent attacks | 381 cases | 0 cases | 1578 cases |
| personal information | 45,844 cases | 2536 cases | 78,357 cases |
| encouraging suicide or self-harm | 439,555 cases | 11,776 cases | 547,377 cases |
| sensitive media | 1,315,670 cases | 150,757 cases | 1,352,155 cases |
| Terrorism/Violent Extremism | 30,616 cases | 30,616 cases | 0 cases |
| violence | 28,753 cases | 19,838 cases | 35,240 cases |
Twitter reports that it received 53,000 legal requests from governments around the world to remove content in the first half of 2022. It is said that the rate of responding to requests varies depending on the requesting country, but Twitter does not disclose the response rate for each country. Countries with the most legal requests to remove content were Japan, South Korea, Turkey, and India.
In the first half of 2022, Twitter received more than 16,000 requests for disclosure of user data from governments in more than 85 countries. Disclosure rates also vary by country, but figures are not reported. The top five countries with the most information disclosure requests were India, the United States, France, Japan, and Germany.
Twitter says it will provide more detailed information on its future transparency report operational policy in 2023.
Overseas media Reuters pointed out that this transparency report was released on the same day that the EU
'Publishing transparency reports is one of the requirements of the EU's new Internet rules,' Reuters said. A fine of up to 6% of turnover or a ban on doing business in the EU could be imposed.'
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