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The Lumen database collects and analyzes legal complaints and requests for removal of online materials, helping Internet users to know their rights and understand the law. These data enable us to study the prevalence of legal threats and let Internet users see the source of content removals.

Recent Takedown Notices

  1. DMCA Takedown Notice (Tweet)
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From the Blog

  1. Over thirty thousand DMCA notices reveal an organized attempt to abuse copyright law on April 22, 2022
  2. Transparency initiatives in the DSA: An Exciting Step Forward in Transparency Reporting Shreya Tewari on April 5, 2022
  3. Notice in Lumen reveals that EU mandated removal of Russian state-sponsored news from Google's search engine Shreya Tewari on March 10, 2022
  4. Big Tech expresses business-viability concerns in Europe over transatlantic data transfer deadlock Shreya Tewari on February 16, 2022
  5. Copyright Law as the tool of choice for censorship and reputation management Shreya Tewari on January 17, 2022