The Kenyan government’s requests to Google to take down content posted on the search engine’s platforms during the first half of last year dipped 79.3 percent to 12 compared to a similar period the previous year when the appeals had hit a record high to stand at 58.
Data from the tech giant's transparency report shows that the Kenyan government’s requests between January and June last year were chiefly driven by defamation and fraud concerns which accounted for three requests each. Other concerns included privacy and security as well as national security.
