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Number of copyright infringing URLs requested to be removed from Google Search, as of February 2024, by target domain (in millions)

Number of infringing URLs requested to be removed from Google Search 2024

Last update: Feb 10, 2025

Region: Worldwide

Statista Research Department

Survey time period: as of February 15, 2024

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