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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.

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From the Blog

  1. ​European Commission’s 30 Minute Removal of Pirated Sport Streaming Content: More Questions than Answers Shreya Tewari on April 16, 2021
  2. ByteDance in India: Deconstruction of Tik Toks’s Indian ordeal Shreya Tewari on April 8, 2021
  3. ​​Russia’s Broken Web of Internet Laws: a Deep Dive into the Top Five Shreya Tewari on April 6, 2021
  4. Sexism in Facial Recognition Technology​ Shreya Tewari on March 8, 2021
  5. Indian Farmers' Protest, Blocking Orders to Twitter, and the Fragile Balancing of Free Speech Amid Abysmal Regulation Shreya Tewari on March 5, 2021