Background

GitHub sometimes receives requests from governments to remove content that is deemed illegal in their local jurisdiction. We require specific information in the form of a government takedown request. When we do remove content under this policy, we limit removal to only the jurisdiction where the content is illegal whenever possible and we post the official requests publicly in our government takedown repository.

When we receive a request, we confirm whether:

• The request came from an official government agency;
• An official sent an actual notice identifying the content; and
• An official specified the source of illegality in that country.

If we determine the answer is “yes” to all three, we block the content in the narrowest way we see possible, such as geoblocking content only in a local jurisdiction.