According to a transparency report released by Google, western governments, including that of the United States, appear to be stepping up efforts to censor Internet search results and YouTube videos, CNN reported.

"It's alarming not only because the right to free expression is at risk, but because some of these requests are coming from countries you might not expect this from-- Western democracies not typically associated with censorship," said Dorothy Chou, a senior policy analyst at Google.

During the second half of 2011, U.S. agencies asked Google to remove 6,192 individual pieces of content from its search results, blog posts or archives of online videos, according to the report. The tech company did comply, at least in part, with 42% of the removal requests coming from the U.S.

The company said: "We review each request to make sure that it complies with both the spirit and the letter of the law, and we may refuse to produce information or in some cases will try to narrow down the request."

(China.org.cn June 29, 2012)

據(jù)美國有線新聞網(wǎng)報道，谷歌公司日前發(fā)布透明度報告稱，包括美國在內(nèi)的西方國家正大力審查網(wǎng)絡(luò)搜索結(jié)果和YouTube視頻。

谷歌高級政策分析師桃樂茜?周表示：“自由言論受到威脅令人擔憂，不僅如此，西方民主國家本與審查制度無緣，它們也發(fā)出請求刪除言論，讓人始料不及。”

報告稱，2011年下半年，美國相關(guān)機構(gòu)要求谷歌刪除6192條搜索結(jié)果、博客網(wǎng)貼、在線視頻等內(nèi)容，谷歌公司也的確根據(jù)要求，刪除了至少42%的相關(guān)內(nèi)容。

谷歌表示：“我們會審查每份請求，保證其與當?shù)胤梢庵技懊魑囊?guī)定相一致，某些情況下，我們會拒絕提供信息或?qū)ζ湟蟛挥柰耆珴M足。”