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The Lumen database collects and analyzes legal complaints and requests for removal of online materials, helping Internet users to know their rights and understand the law. These data enable us to study the prevalence of legal threats and let Internet users see the source of content removals.

Recent Takedown Notices

  1. DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Bing
  2. DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Google, Inc.
  3. DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Bing
  4. DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Bing
  5. DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Google, Inc.
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@lumendatabase on twitter

  1. "Copyright Law Has a Free Speech Problem"-John Tehranian [login req.] https://t.co/AqETSBIhQK See also: https://t.co/Sk5SHJ3sKG
  1. Good policy needs good data, and transparency is generally good. Lumen's submissions re: the DMCA and Section 512 https://t.co/VINJswNTA6
  1. Law enforcement seeks to harness power of internet shaming. Shame seen not as side effect but a sanctioned end goal https://t.co/UpfuLKFkK3
  1. "Why Global Online Trade Is Threatened by a Legal Arms Race" Squaring national laws with a borderless Internet. https://t.co/ss6LIZvjBn

From the Blog

  1. Chilling Effects Announces New Name, International Partnerships Lumen Team on
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