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30 mentions on Hacker News by 29 people: 12 stories, 18 comments · first 2016-06-28 · latest 2026-07-24
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To add: The request has not yet been published by GitHub to https://github.com/github/gov-takedowns/tree/master/India/20... Also not mentioned in the project's GitHub repository yet per https://github.com/search?q=repo%3Apermissionlesstech%…
comment by dhx · 2026-07-24 · in Government orders GitHub to remove Bluetooth-based chat app Bitchat: Jack Dorsey -
…to take down repositories related to applications helping citizens to organize focused protests: https://github.com/github/gov-takedowns/blob/master/Spain/20... The group that was focused in the take down requests was "Tsunami Democràtic",…
comment by capableweb · 2022-08-08 · in GitHub suspends Tornado Cash developer account -
Why is "sound simulation software" illegal in China? https://github.com/github/gov-takedowns/blob/master/China/20...
comment by threesquared · 2022-04-09 · in DMCA Notices Took Down 19,276 GitHub Projects Last Year -
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GitHub Text of government takedown notices as receivedstory by harporoeder · 2022-04-09 · 38 comments
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GitHub still blocks repositories (in Russia) requested by Russian governmentstory by asdfsfkwqe · 2022-03-18 · 0 comments
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China government takedown request for GitHub reposstory by feross · 2022-03-04 · 20 comments
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…by respective governments. https://docs.github.com/en/github/site-policy/github-governm... https://github.com/github/gov-takedowns
comment by Laforet · 2021-12-13 · in GitHub taking down tools allowing defenders to reproduce the Log4j vulnerability -
They have government takedown requests from China, Russia, and Spain. https://github.com/github/gov-takedowns
comment by mannerheim · 2021-07-14 · in Twitter sees jump in govt demands to remove content of reporters, news outlets -
https://github.com/github/gov-takedowns
comment by h_anna_h · 2021-07-14 · in Twitter sees jump in govt demands to remove content of reporters, news outlets -
…want content removed from GitHub issue a lawful request to us, which we then push to a public repo: https://github.com/github/gov-takedowns So you are able to see all of the government takedown requests that we have processed, there.…
comment by natfriedman · 2021-01-06 · in GitHub is fully available in Iran -
Some examples can be found in their public record: https://github.com/github/gov-takedowns
comment by vhold · 2021-01-05 · in GitHub is fully available in Iran -
GitHub respects censorship orders from China: https://github.com/github/gov-takedowns/tree/master/China
comment by chc · 2020-03-13 · in The Uncensored Library -
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Government takedown noticesstory by DarkManZero · 2019-11-04 · 0 comments
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Spain 3rd country after Russia and China to request GitHub takedownsstory by kantord · 2019-11-01 · 0 comments
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GitHub Government Takedown Noticesstory by rahuldottech · 2019-10-31 · 0 comments
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There's a pull request to reverse it: https://github.com/github/gov-takedowns/pull/8
comment by hiccuphippo · 2019-10-30 · in GitHub Censors Catalonian App Tsunami Democratic -
They have an official repo with all the government takedown letters: https://github.com/github/gov-takedowns (Only from China, Russia and Spain at the moment).
comment by cosarara · 2019-10-30 · in GitHub Censors Catalonian App Tsunami Democratic -
https://github.com/github/gov-takedowns/blob/master/Spain/20...
comment by aeonflux · 2019-10-30 · in GitHub Censors Catalonian App Tsunami Democratic -
…the geographic scope of the takedown when possible and include that as part of the notification [0] https://github.com/github/gov-takedowns/blob/master/README.m...
comment by oarsinsync · 2019-10-30 · in Spanish government orders GitHub to take down Tsunami Democràtic repository -
…of whom in the government sent the request , at least in the context of government takedowns. https://github.com/github/gov-takedowns/ This is quite shameful.
comment by giancarlostoro · 2019-10-30 · in Spanish government orders GitHub to take down Tsunami Democràtic repository -
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Repository of takedown notices received by githubstory by enriquto · 2019-10-30 · 0 comments
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Spanish government orders GitHub to take down Tsunami Democràtic repositorystory by marolafm · 2019-10-30 · 516 comments
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Spanish Government Takedown Request Against Tsunami Democraticstory by fwBXrHR · 2019-10-29 · 1 comment
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GitHub Government Takedown Noticesstory by wybiral · 2019-08-03 · 0 comments
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That appears to be the first and last time they received a request from China. https://github.com/github/gov-takedowns On the other hand, Russia...
comment by smudgymcscmudge · 2019-03-28 · in Chinese Devs Using GitHub to Protest 996 Workweek (9am – 9pm, 6 days/week) -
You can see the text of all takedown notices from Russia here: https://github.com/github/gov-takedowns/tree/master/Russia
comment by danielvf · 2018-05-15 · in GitHub's 2017 Transparency Report -
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GitHub government takedown requestsstory by wybiral · 2018-03-14 · 0 comments
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…take it down for that particular government/country. (just like github is doing for the Russians - https://github.com/github/gov-takedowns )
comment by krzyk · 2017-02-20 · in Google and Bing to deprecate piracy websites -
Oh my god the "fast die" take down request from Russia. Is that a real business? https://github.com/github/gov-takedowns/tree/master/Russia/2... http://fast-die.github.io/
comment by ryanmarsh · 2016-06-29 · in GitHub's 2015 Transparency Report -
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GitHub's Government Takedown Request from Chinastory by sorpaas · 2016-06-28 · 0 comments