Information Technology Rules
Pursuant to Rule 4(1)(d) of India’s Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021, X publishes a monthly report regarding our processing of reports from users in India.
Information Requests
This data includes the number of government information requests (a combination of routine requests and emergency requests), the number of accounts specified in these requests, and the compliance rate where some or all of the requested account information was disclosed. It also includes data about preservation requests. For more details, visit the Information Requests report.
"Government information requests" include both emergency and routine legal demands for account information issued by law enforcement and other government agencies.
"Routine requests" (aka non-emergency requests) are legal demands issued by government or law enforcement authorities (e.g., subpoenas, court orders, search warrants) that compel X to turn over account information.
X may disclose account information to law enforcement in response to a valid "emergency request" if we are provided with sufficient information to support a good faith belief that there is an imminent threat involving danger of death or serious physical injury to a person, and we have information relevant to averting or mitigating the threat.
“Accounts specified” include X and Periscope accounts identified in information requests we have received. This number may include duplicate accounts or requests for accounts that do not exist or were misidentified. This number does not include multiple identifiers associated with one account within one request (e.g., if a request contains an email address and the associated @username, we count them as one account identified).
"Compliance rate" refers to the percentage of information requests where X produced at least some of the requested account information.
“Preservation requests” refers to government and law enforcement requests made in accordance with relevant law that require X to maintain the specified account data pending the issuance of valid legal process to obtain that data.
Removal Requests
This data includes the number of legal demands received to remove or withhold content, the number of accounts specified in these requests, and the total compliance rate (a combination of X’s removal actions: accounts withheld, posts withheld, and accounts TOS). For more details, visit the Removal Requests report.