Revealed: Google facilitated Russia and China’s censorship requests

An investigation has exposed the tech firm's cooperation with autocratic regimes to remove unfavourable content

Google has cooperated with autocratic regimes around the world, including the Kremlin in Russia and the Chinese Communist party, to facilitate censorship requests, an Observer investigation can reveal.

The technology company has engaged with the administrations of about 150 countries since 2011 that want information scrubbed from their public domains.