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It includes age-ambiguous individuals, non-sexualized images of minors, and content where minors appear incidentally rather than as the primary focus. Therefore, this category captures a broad range of minor-related content for review purposes."},{"provider_slug":"aliexpress","provider_name":"AliExpress","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Article 16 notices","field_label":"Actions on the basis of terms","note":"This category encompasses content that violates laws and regulations of People's republic of China, which related to national security and defamation."},{"provider_slug":"aliexpress","provider_name":"AliExpress","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Article 16 notices","field_label":"Actions on the basis of terms","note":"This category encompasses providing any spam information or content that directs users to communicate outside the platform, which violates the platform Terms and Conditions. This includes but is not limited to promoting off-platform transactions, soliciting business partnerships or collaborations through unauthorized channels, and any attempts to circumvent platform communication systems."},{"provider_slug":"aliexpress","provider_name":"AliExpress","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Article 16 notices","field_label":"Actions on the basis of terms","note":"This category may contain instances of suspected unauthorized image use."},{"provider_slug":"aliexpress","provider_name":"AliExpress","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Article 16 notices","field_label":"Notices received","note":"Since the platform is using the same category for all IPR noticices, for a more conservative data reporting methodology, all notices in this category are counted in STATEMENT_CATEGORY_INTELLECTUAL_PROPERTY_INFRINGEMENTS"},{"provider_slug":"aliexpress","provider_name":"AliExpress","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Article 16 notices","field_label":"Notices received","note":"Since the platform is using the same category for all minor related noticices, for a more conservative data reporting methodology, all notices in this category are counted in STATEMENT_CATEGORY_PROTECTION_OF_MINORS"},{"provider_slug":"aliexpress","provider_name":"AliExpress","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Complaints, appeals & disputes","field_label":"Number of disputes submitted to out-of-court dispute settlement bodies","note":"all cases are still in decision pending on resolution body"},{"provider_slug":"aliexpress","provider_name":"AliExpress","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Own-initiative (illegal content)","field_label":"Measures (total)","note":"Since it may be difficult for the platform to proactively determine whether a design corresponds to an underlying patent, for a more conservative data reporting methodology, Category 7d encompasses data from Category 7b"},{"provider_slug":"aliexpress","provider_name":"AliExpress","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Own-initiative (illegal content)","field_label":"Measures (total)","note":"This category encompasses listings that may contain material unsuitable for minors (e.g., explicit sexual content, graphic images)."},{"provider_slug":"aliexpress","provider_name":"AliExpress","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Own-initiative (illegal content)","field_label":"Measures (total)","note":"This category includes measures against seller who explicitly inform buyers that they can assist buyers in evading EU tax obligations through illegal methods such as falsifying product information."},{"provider_slug":"aliexpress","provider_name":"AliExpress","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Own-initiative (terms of service)","field_label":"Measures (total)","note":"This category covers buyer users who alert there may be a potential risk of information leakage on the platform."},{"provider_slug":"aliexpress","provider_name":"AliExpress","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Own-initiative (terms of service)","field_label":"Measures (total)","note":"This category encompasses content involving or potentially involving minors, regardless of context or nature. It includes age-ambiguous individuals, non-sexualized images of minors, and content where minors appear incidentally rather than as the primary focus. Therefore, this category captures a broad range of minor-related content for review purposes."},{"provider_slug":"aliexpress","provider_name":"AliExpress","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Own-initiative (terms of service)","field_label":"Measures (total)","note":"This category encompasses content that violates laws and regulations of People's republic of China, which related to national security and defamation."},{"provider_slug":"aliexpress","provider_name":"AliExpress","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Own-initiative (terms of service)","field_label":"Measures (total)","note":"This category encompasses moderation implemented on products where sellers exhibit a likelihood of Intellectual Property Right infringement, based on factors such as historical infringement records and abnormal transaction behavior."},{"provider_slug":"aliexpress","provider_name":"AliExpress","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Own-initiative (terms of service)","field_label":"Measures (total)","note":"This category encompasses moderation implemented when users exhibit a moderate likelihood of fraud, based on factors such as historical infringement records and abnormal transaction behavior."},{"provider_slug":"aliexpress","provider_name":"AliExpress","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Own-initiative (terms of service)","field_label":"Measures (total)","note":"This category encompasses products misplaced in the platform's product categories due to trader actions or errors in accordance with platform T&Cs."},{"provider_slug":"aliexpress","provider_name":"AliExpress","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Own-initiative (terms of service)","field_label":"Measures (total)","note":"This category encompasses providing any spam information or content that directs users to communicate outside the platform, which violates the platform Terms and Conditions. This includes but is not limited to promoting off-platform transactions, soliciting business partnerships or collaborations through unauthorized channels, and any attempts to circumvent platform communication systems."},{"provider_slug":"aliexpress","provider_name":"AliExpress","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Own-initiative (terms of service)","field_label":"Measures (total)","note":"This category may contain instances of suspected unauthorized image use."},{"provider_slug":"aliexpress","provider_name":"AliExpress","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Own-initiative (terms of service)","field_label":"Measures (total)","note":"This category may contain suspected instances of repetitive offensive language appearing in the content."},{"provider_slug":"amazon-store","provider_name":"Amazon Store","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Article 16 notices","field_label":"Actions on the basis of law","note":"All actions taken by Amazon are based on our Terms & Conditions, which prohibit illegal content and, in some cases, exceed minimum legal requirements to protect consumers, selling partners, and the Amazon Store. Our approach is to report 100% of actions taken under our Terms & Conditions, as this provides the most accurate representation of our moderation framework."},{"provider_slug":"amazon-store","provider_name":"Amazon Store","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Own-initiative (illegal content)","field_label":"Measures (total)","note":"All actions taken by Amazon are based on our Terms & Conditions, which prohibit illegal content and, in some cases, exceed minimum legal requirements to protect consumers, selling partners, and the Amazon Store. Our approach is to report 100% of actions taken under our Terms & Conditions, as this provides the most accurate representation of our moderation framework."},{"provider_slug":"amazon-store","provider_name":"Amazon Store","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Own-initiative (terms of service)","field_label":"Measures (total)","note":"This updated version of our Transparency Report #6 (H2 2025 data) updates the figures reported in CSV file “6_own_initiative_tc” to reflect additional numbers not included in the original publication. We have since enhanced our reporting infrastructure to strengthen data completeness and accuracy for current and future reporting periods. Prior publication (version 1): February 26, 2026. This publication (version 2): April 29, 2026."},{"provider_slug":"apple-app-store","provider_name":"Apple App Store","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Active monthly recipients","field_label":"Number of average monthly active recipients during the reporting period","note":"These figures are approximate based on information that is readily available to the App Store in the normal course of its business."},{"provider_slug":"apple-app-store","provider_name":"Apple App Store","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Article 16 notices","field_label":"Actions on the basis of terms","note":"The App Store terms and conditions — including the App Review Guidelines, the Apple Developer Program License Agreement (DPLA) and Apple Media Services (AMS) Terms and Conditions — prohibit illegal content on the App Store, as well as the use of the App Store for illegal purposes. As such, this figure may include actions taken against content that might also be incompatible with applicable laws. Some actions on reported notices may not be included in these figures because they were pending at the time that data was collected. Additionally, some notices reviewed were not related to the reporting of illegal content and are therefore not actionable."},{"provider_slug":"apple-app-store","provider_name":"Apple App Store","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Article 16 notices","field_label":"Median time to action","note":"Median is calculated based on completed decisions at the end of the reporting period."},{"provider_slug":"apple-app-store","provider_name":"Apple App Store","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Article 16 notices","field_label":"Notices received","note":"0"},{"provider_slug":"apple-app-store","provider_name":"Apple App Store","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Article 16 notices","field_label":"Notices received","note":"Categories and subcategories are selected by the notifier. The selected category may not accurately reflect the content concerned."},{"provider_slug":"apple-app-store","provider_name":"Apple App Store","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Article 16 notices","field_label":"Notices received","note":"Intellectual property rights notices are generally settled by the rights’ claimants themselves without requiring an action from the App Store."},{"provider_slug":"apple-app-store","provider_name":"Apple App Store","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Article 16 notices","field_label":"Notices received","note":"Notifiers were permitted to select from these categories in addition to those listed in this template."},{"provider_slug":"apple-app-store","provider_name":"Apple App Store","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Article 16 notices","field_label":"Notices received","note":"These notices were received during the previous reporting period before notifiers could select from the list of categories of illegal content. They were actioned during this reporting period."},{"provider_slug":"apple-app-store","provider_name":"Apple App Store","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Complaints, appeals & disputes","field_label":"Number of complaints submitted to the internal-complaints mechanism","note":"Median is calculated based on completed decisions at the end of the reporting period."},{"provider_slug":"apple-app-store","provider_name":"Apple App Store","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Complaints, appeals & disputes","field_label":"Number of complaints submitted to the internal-complaints mechanism","note":"The App Store has multiple complaint-handling systems from which data is included in this section. These systems cover complaints related to Content Reports notices, review removals, App Review Board (ARB) cases, platform-to-business (P2B) cases and advertisement restrictions. For more information on redress options, please see apple.com/legal/dsa/en/redress-options.html."},{"provider_slug":"apple-app-store","provider_name":"Apple App Store","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Government orders","field_label":"Article 10 orders received","note":"On July 1, 2025, we launched Apple’s Law Enforcement Portal (https://lep.apple.com) for intake of requests to provide information from law enforcement agencies or emergency responders. Only requests submitted through this portal were included in the count of orders to provide information in this report. Accordingly, we reported comparatively fewer of these requests than in past reports. Except where otherwise noted, categories and subcategories are selected by the notifier. The selected category may not accurately reflect the content concerned."},{"provider_slug":"apple-app-store","provider_name":"Apple App Store","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Government orders","field_label":"Article 10 orders received","note":"These are government orders that selected this category and “Other” as a subcategory."},{"provider_slug":"apple-app-store","provider_name":"Apple App Store","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Government orders","field_label":"Article 9 orders received","note":"For the purposes of this report, “orders received” are considered to be valid requests from a Member State judicial or administrative authority in accordance with specific mandatory powers under the laws of the Member State in question, seeking production of information relating to the use of App Store services by one or more specific recipients of the service, or requiring action to be taken in respect of specific items of illegal content, regardless of whether it constitutes an order legally binding on ADI. ADI is an entity established in Ireland under the laws of the Republic of Ireland. As a result, court orders mandating an action or data production by ADI issued by Irish courts are mandatory requests under current law as defined by Articles 9 and 10 of the DSA. For the sake of greater transparency, also included are voluntary requests sent by official authorities in EU Member States other than Ireland, which were deemed valid legal requests according to our Legal Process Guidelines for Law Enforcement and Government outside the United States. This reporting is without prejudice to the legal position of Apple Distribution International Limited with regard to the binding nature of any such order, under applicable law. Orders to act against illegal content were compiled using the same methodology as past reports."},{"provider_slug":"apple-app-store","provider_name":"Apple App Store","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Own-initiative (illegal content)","field_label":"Measures (total)","note":"The App Store terms and conditions — including the App Review Guidelines, the Apple Developer Program License Agreement (DPLA) and Apple Media Services (AMS) Terms and Conditions — prohibit illegal content on the App Store, as well as the use of the App Store for illegal purposes. As such, Tab 6 may include actions taken against content that might also be incompatible with applicable laws."},{"provider_slug":"apple-app-store","provider_name":"Apple App Store","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Own-initiative (terms of service)","field_label":"Account restriction: termination","note":"This category includes terminations of App Store developers, Apple Media Services customers and Apple Ads advertisers."},{"provider_slug":"apple-app-store","provider_name":"Apple App Store","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Own-initiative (terms of service)","field_label":"Visibility restriction: demote","note":"This category includes actions suppressing apps on App Store charts and in App Store search."},{"provider_slug":"apple-app-store","provider_name":"Apple App Store","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Own-initiative (terms of service)","field_label":"Visibility restriction: disable","note":"This category includes user accounts that are restricted from leaving ratings or reviews on the App Store."},{"provider_slug":"apple-app-store","provider_name":"Apple App Store","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Own-initiative (terms of service)","field_label":"Visibility restriction: removal","note":"This category includes ratings and reviews removed before and after publication. It also includes removals of apps, including those that were live on the App Store when the developer account was terminated."},{"provider_slug":"apple-app-store","provider_name":"Apple App Store","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Own-initiative (terms of service)","field_label":"Visibility restriction: removal","note":"This category includes removals of apps in connection with ongoing cleanup for outdated apps."},{"provider_slug":"booking","provider_name":"Booking.com","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Active monthly recipients","field_label":"Number of average monthly active recipients during the reporting period","note":"Booking reports these as estimates: a range based on a margin applied to the best available data, rounded to the nearest 100,000, subject to statistical uncertainty and possible later revision, and counting users to whom information was displayed even without a transaction. Figures appear to be in millions: the \">45\" total matches the 45,000,000 VLOP threshold, so e.g. \"16.4 - 20\" reads as 16,400,000 to 20,000,000."},{"provider_slug":"booking","provider_name":"Booking.com","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Article 16 notices","field_label":"Actions on the basis of terms","note":"Includes the number of properties delisted."},{"provider_slug":"booking","provider_name":"Booking.com","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Article 16 notices","field_label":"Actions on the basis of terms","note":"No reports included violent content, hence we report zero removals."},{"provider_slug":"booking","provider_name":"Booking.com","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Article 16 notices","field_label":"Actions on the basis of terms","note":"Our content labelling allows us to count the amount of pieces of content removed under harassment only, hence the number of actions reported."},{"provider_slug":"booking","provider_name":"Booking.com","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Article 16 notices","field_label":"Actions on the basis of terms","note":"Our terms and conditions incorporate policies on regulated content. Additionally, our content removal process is applied globally, meaning that the removal of content affects users both within and outside the EEA. As a result, we have made the decision to report all content removals on a global scale, in accordance with the service's terms and conditions."},{"provider_slug":"booking","provider_name":"Booking.com","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Article 16 notices","field_label":"Actions on the basis of terms","note":"The amount of content removed under our confidential data and privacy policies."},{"provider_slug":"booking","provider_name":"Booking.com","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Article 16 notices","field_label":"Actions on the basis of terms","note":"The amout of pieces of content removed under hate and discrimination. Harassment is reported under Cyber_Violence."},{"provider_slug":"booking","provider_name":"Booking.com","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Article 16 notices","field_label":"Items in notices","note":"At present, our reporting forms are designed to allow users to submit a notice concerning only one single item of alleged illegal content or listing at a time. The number of specific items of information included in the total number of notices, therefore, corresponds directly to the number of notices received. If, during the investigation prompted by a user's report, additional content violating our policies is identified, it is addressed and reported separately in accordance with our terms and conditions"},{"provider_slug":"booking","provider_name":"Booking.com","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Article 16 notices","field_label":"Median time to action","note":"We calculate the median resolution time based on reports that have been closed. The median is the value at the center of the distribution when all resolution times for closed reports are listed in ascending order. The median time reflects reports that were received and subsequently closed."},{"provider_slug":"booking","provider_name":"Booking.com","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Article 16 notices","field_label":"Notices received","note":"Booking.com  has 3 reporting forms for user notices: illegal content, intellectual property and illegal listings"},{"provider_slug":"booking","provider_name":"Booking.com","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Article 16 notices","field_label":"Notices received","note":"Our current reporting form allows users to report harassment under a larger category \"Hate, discrimination and harasssment\", hence we cannot count how many tickets are opened specifically for Harassment"},{"provider_slug":"booking","provider_name":"Booking.com","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Article 16 notices","field_label":"Notices received","note":"Our current reporting form allows users to report harassment under a larger category \"Hate, discrimination and harasssment\", hence we include the count of harassment related reports here"},{"provider_slug":"booking","provider_name":"Booking.com","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Article 16 notices","field_label":"Notices received","note":"Our current reporting form allows users to report harassment under a larger category \"Violent, offensive and restricted content\", hence we include the count of violence related related reports in STATEMENT_CATEGORY_NOT_SPECIFIED_NOTICE which includes restricted content and offensive content. No reports related to violence were recieved."},{"provider_slug":"booking","provider_name":"Booking.com","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Article 16 notices","field_label":"Notices received","note":"The amount of reports recieved in our illegal listings form."},{"provider_slug":"booking","provider_name":"Booking.com","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Article 16 notices","field_label":"Notices received","note":"The amount of reports recieved under our illegal content category Personal and other confidential data"},{"provider_slug":"booking","provider_name":"Booking.com","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Article 16 notices","field_label":"Notices received","note":"The amount of reports recieved under our illegal content category Spam, misleading content and deceptive practices."},{"provider_slug":"booking","provider_name":"Booking.com","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Article 16 notices","field_label":"Notices received","note":"This category includes reports recieved under the previous \"Category: scope of platform\", such as Sexual Content, Overbookings, Guest Cancellations, Conflict of interest, Promotional content, Photo & Editorial guidelines, Partner Name Change, Biased content, Offensive/ shocking content and Nudity."},{"provider_slug":"booking","provider_name":"Booking.com","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Article 16 notices","field_label":"Notices received (Trusted Flaggers)","note":"Trusted Flaggers must register to receive the illegal content reporting form. During the verification process, agents ensure that the email address, name, or organization used to register matches any of the Trusted Flaggers appointed by the EC. If the registration step is invalid, the ticket is closed and the user is informed that they cannot submit illegal content reports as a Trusted Flagger. Although the form is sometimes misused by users and no actual Trusted Flagger notices have been submitted, during the audit period, we received one registration that we considered valid. However, no report has been received."},{"provider_slug":"booking","provider_name":"Booking.com","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Complaints, appeals & disputes","field_label":"Complaint regarding a decision not to take action on a notice submitted in accordance with Article 16","note":"Median time is calculated in hours."},{"provider_slug":"booking","provider_name":"Booking.com","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Complaints, appeals & disputes","field_label":"Complaint regarding a decision to remove or disable access to or restrict visibility of information","note":"Median time is calculated in hours."},{"provider_slug":"booking","provider_name":"Booking.com","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Complaints, appeals & disputes","field_label":"Number of complaints submitted to the internal-complaints mechanism","note":"Median time is calculated in hours."},{"provider_slug":"booking","provider_name":"Booking.com","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Government orders","field_label":"Article 10: median time to inform of receipt","note":"Upon receipt of an order via the ServiceNow portal, an automatic confirmation is sent immediately to the authority. As such, the median time for acknowledging receipt is considered instantaneous."},{"provider_slug":"booking","provider_name":"Booking.com","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Government orders","field_label":"Article 9 orders received","note":"There are cases when one request targets multiple illegal properties."},{"provider_slug":"booking","provider_name":"Booking.com","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Government orders","field_label":"Article 9: median time to inform of receipt","note":"Upon receipt of an order via the ServiceNow portal, an automatic confirmation is sent immediately to the authority. As such, the median time for acknowledging receipt is considered instantaneous."},{"provider_slug":"booking","provider_name":"Booking.com","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Human resources","field_label":"Number of external moderators contracted by the provider","note":"Vendor Content Moderator"},{"provider_slug":"booking","provider_name":"Booking.com","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Human resources","field_label":"Number of internal moderators employed by the provider","note":"Content Moderators in Booking.com"},{"provider_slug":"booking","provider_name":"Booking.com","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Human resources","field_label":"Number of total moderators with sufficient linguistic expertise","note":"Employed and Contracted Content Moderators"},{"provider_slug":"booking","provider_name":"Booking.com","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Human resources","field_label":"Number of total moderators with sufficient linguistic expertise","note":"Number of Employed and Contracted Content Moderators with expetise per language"},{"provider_slug":"facebook","provider_name":"Facebook","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Active monthly recipients","field_label":"Number of average monthly active recipients during the reporting period","note":"The information on the use of Facebook in the EU has been prepared for Articles 24(2) and 42(3) DSA. This information may differ from user metrics reported in other contexts in certain key respects, including, for example, periodic reports filed with other regulatory authorities, and should not be used for other purposes.\n\nWhere applicable, the Member State breakdown above includes any monthly active user metrics available for outermost regions or other territories associated with such Member States. \n\nThere are inherent challenges in measuring usage of our services across large online and mobile populations across the world. Many people in our community have user accounts on more than one of our services, and some people have multiple user accounts within an individual service. The above monthly active user estimates by online platform do not represent estimates of the number of unique people using these services."},{"provider_slug":"facebook","provider_name":"Facebook","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Article 16 notices","field_label":"Median time to action","note":"The time periods refer to the time between when the notice was submitted and the first action we took in response to the notice. In instances where there are multiple pieces of content reported, we calculate turnaround time as the time between when the notice was submitted and the first action we take. As an example, if a notice contained two pieces of content and we actioned one piece within 24 hours and the other within 7 days, 24 hours was used for the median calculation. Some decisions can require different time frames due to specific nuances. More complex decisions may require additional guidance from specialised staff and therefore more time. \n\nThe median time to take action against Article 16 notices considers the time between submission and actions taken on the basis of the law or the terms and conditions of the service. Article 16 notices not resulting in an action taken are not included in the calculation."},{"provider_slug":"facebook","provider_name":"Facebook","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Article 16 notices","field_label":"Median time to action (Trusted Flaggers)","note":"Median time to take action on Trusted Flagger Article 16 notices is not provided for this row because none of the notices resulted in an action."},{"provider_slug":"facebook","provider_name":"Facebook","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Article 16 notices","field_label":"Notices received","note":"All Article 16 DSA notices are processed using manual review. Instances of duplicate submissions are handled by applying the original manual decision, to avoid conflicting decisions."},{"provider_slug":"facebook","provider_name":"Facebook","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Complaints, appeals & disputes","field_label":"Complaint regarding a decision not to take action on a notice submitted by a Trusted Flagger in accordance with Article 16","note":"All internal complaints either result in a decision reversal or an upholding of the original decision."},{"provider_slug":"facebook","provider_name":"Facebook","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Complaints, appeals & disputes","field_label":"Complaint regarding a decision not to take action on a notice submitted in accordance with Article 16","note":"All internal complaints either result in a decision reversal or an upholding of the original decision."},{"provider_slug":"facebook","provider_name":"Facebook","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Complaints, appeals & disputes","field_label":"Complaint regarding a decision to remove or disable access to or restrict visibility of information","note":"All internal complaints either result in a decision reversal or an upholding of the original decision."},{"provider_slug":"facebook","provider_name":"Facebook","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Complaints, appeals & disputes","field_label":"Complaint regarding a decision to remove or disable access to or restrict visibility of information","note":"Multiple internal complaints on the same entity for different restrictions are counted as unique complaints. 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Multiple internal complaints on the same entity for the same restriction are counted as a single complaint."},{"provider_slug":"facebook","provider_name":"Facebook","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Complaints, appeals & disputes","field_label":"Complaint regarding a decision to suspend or terminate an account","note":"All internal complaints either result in a decision reversal or an upholding of the original decision."},{"provider_slug":"facebook","provider_name":"Facebook","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Complaints, appeals & disputes","field_label":"Complaint regarding a decision to suspend or terminate an account","note":"Multiple internal complaints on the same entity for different restrictions are counted as unique complaints. 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As a result, the number of complaints may exceed the number of actions.\n\nRestores after complaint may occur on complaints that were recorded in prior transparency reports. 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Actions we may take on such content to promote a safe and positive experience are not taken on the basis that the content is illegal or violates our terms and policies."},{"provider_slug":"instagram","provider_name":"Instagram","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Own-initiative (terms of service)","field_label":"Visibility restriction: demote","note":"“Demotion” refers to an action that we may take to reduce the distribution of content.\n\nDue to a technical issue with our demotion logging on Instagram, the numbers shared in the Visibility Restriction Demotion column undercounts the true number of demotions restriction measures applied during the reporting period. We are unable to definitively measure the extent to which it is undercounted, but we believe the demotions during the second half of 2025 exceeded the over 3 million demotions reported during the first half of 2025."},{"provider_slug":"instagram","provider_name":"Instagram","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Own-initiative (terms of service)","field_label":"Visibility restriction: label","note":"Some content can create a negative experience for people even though it does not violate our policies. Actions we may take on such content to promote a safe and positive experience are not taken on the basis that the content is illegal or violates our terms and policies."},{"provider_slug":"instagram","provider_name":"Instagram","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Own-initiative (terms of service)","field_label":"Visibility restriction: limit interaction","note":"Some content can create a negative experience for people even though it does not violate our policies. Actions we may take on such content to promote a safe and positive experience are not taken on the basis that the content is illegal or violates our terms and policies."},{"provider_slug":"instagram","provider_name":"Instagram","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Own-initiative (terms of service)","field_label":"Visibility restriction: removal","note":"Visibility restriction removal contains some actions for Facebook and Instagram combined due to technical and product limitations."},{"provider_slug":"linkedin","provider_name":"LinkedIn","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Article 16 notices","field_label":"Median time to action","note":"As provided by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2835, median times in this report are provided in hours, rounded to the nearest hour. Certain requests may be received during the reporting period but not resolved during the reporting period; those requests are excluded from the median time calculations.\n\nAs provided by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2835, LinkedIn reports median time from receipt of the notice to enforcement action. Cases where LinkedIn decided not to act are excluded from the calculation of the median time to take action."},{"provider_slug":"linkedin","provider_name":"LinkedIn","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Article 16 notices","field_label":"Notices received","note":"This sheet reports information regarding the number of notices submitted in accordance with Article 16 of the Digital Services Act LinkedIn received from users in the European Union during the reporting period, by category selected by the reporter. The category selected by the reporter when submitting an Article 16 report may or may not be the same as the basis on which LinkedIn actions a piece of content.\n\nUpon receipt, Article 16 notices are evaluated and resolved by human reviewers; LinkedIn did not resolve Article 16 notices via automated means during the reporting period.\n\nNote that the number of specific items of information included in the total number of notices (e.g., Column H) may be greater than the number of notices received (e.g., Column G) -- for example, when a single notice contains multiple pieces of content. Note also that the number of specific items of information included in the total number of notices (e.g., Column H) may also be less than the number of notices received (e.g., Column G) -- for example, when multiple notices report the same piece of content.\n\nAcross all sheets, the metrics LinkedIn provides in this report are best estimates provided the data available in LinkedIn's systems and methods used in the ordinary course of business. In some cases, metrics can be impacted by, e.g., account deletion, content deletion, as well as downtime or errors in LinkedIn's systems that may impact data recording. Certain data may also vary or change over time. For example, a user report received on 31 December may not be resolved until after the reporting period. Metrics in the report are based on data after the close of the reporting period."},{"provider_slug":"linkedin","provider_name":"LinkedIn","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Complaints, appeals & disputes","field_label":"Complaint regarding a decision to restrict the ability to monetise information","note":"As noted in Sheets 5 and 6, LinkedIn did not apply own initiative measures 'Monetary restriction Suspension,' 'Monetary restriction Termination,' or 'Monetary restriction Other' during the reporting period."},{"provider_slug":"linkedin","provider_name":"LinkedIn","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Complaints, appeals & disputes","field_label":"Complaint regarding a decision to suspend or terminate the provision of the service","note":"Users are able to appeal decisions to suspend or terminate the provision of the service by appealing the underlying content violation(s), reported in Row 9."},{"provider_slug":"linkedin","provider_name":"LinkedIn","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Complaints, appeals & disputes","field_label":"Number of complaints submitted to the internal-complaints mechanism","note":"As provided by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2835, median times in this report are provided in hours, rounded to the nearest hour, and decisions omitted are excluded from the median time calculation."},{"provider_slug":"linkedin","provider_name":"LinkedIn","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Complaints, appeals & disputes","field_label":"Number of complaints submitted to the internal-complaints mechanism","note":"Sheet 7 reports information regarding complaints (also referred to as \"appeals\") on DSA enforcement measures submitted during the reporting period to the Article 20 internal complaint mechanism. For those appeals, LinkedIn reports the number of decisions upheld, number of decisions reversed, number of decisions partially reversed, median time from appeal submission to appeal decision, and decisions omitted."},{"provider_slug":"linkedin","provider_name":"LinkedIn","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Complaints, appeals & disputes","field_label":"Number of disputes submitted to out-of-court dispute settlement bodies","note":"‘Median time’ reports the median time from filing of the dispute with the dispute settlement body to the decision of the dispute settlement body. As provided by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2835, median times in this report are provided in hours, rounded to the nearest hour. ‘Decisions omitted’ (e.g. because a dispute was withdrawn or dismissed without decision) are excluded from the median time calculation."},{"provider_slug":"linkedin","provider_name":"LinkedIn","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Complaints, appeals & disputes","field_label":"Number of disputes submitted to out-of-court dispute settlement bodies","note":"‘Percentage of outcomes implemented’ reports the number of adverse dispute settlement body decisions (i.e., where the dispute settlement body decision was to reverse or partially reverse LinkedIn’s decision) that LinkedIn implemented during the reporting period."},{"provider_slug":"linkedin","provider_name":"LinkedIn","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Complaints, appeals & disputes","field_label":"Number of disputes submitted to out-of-court dispute settlement bodies","note":"‘Total number’ reports the number of disputes LinkedIn received notice were submitted to out-of-court dispute settlement bodies during the reporting period. The number of disputes submitted to dispute settlement bodies during the reporting period may not equal the number of dispute settlement body decisions during the reporting period. For example, a dispute may be initiated during the reporting period, but not yet resolved by the dispute settlement body during that reporting period."},{"provider_slug":"linkedin","provider_name":"LinkedIn","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Government orders","field_label":"Article 10 orders received","note":"Column K reports information regarding the number of requests LinkedIn received from Member State government authorities to provide account information during the reporting period, organized by Member State and by category selected by the government authority. Government requests to provide account information can include, but are not limited to, orders under Article 10 of the Digital Services Act."},{"provider_slug":"linkedin","provider_name":"LinkedIn","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Government orders","field_label":"Article 10: median time to give effect","note":"As provided by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2835, median times in this report are provided in hours, rounded to the nearest hour, and automated confirmation of receipts that are sent within one hour after an order is received are  counted as zero. Certain requests may be received during the reporting period but not confirmed or resolved during the reporting period; those requests are excluded from the median time calculations."},{"provider_slug":"linkedin","provider_name":"LinkedIn","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Government orders","field_label":"Article 9 orders received","note":"LinkedIn is a real-identity online service for professionals to connect and interact with other professionals, learn, hire, and find jobs. LinkedIn’s vision is to create economic opportunity for every member of the global workforce. Its mission is to connect the world’s professionals to make them more productive and successful. As part of that mission, LinkedIn is committed to keeping its platform and services safe, trusted, and professional, and to providing transparency to its members, the public, and to regulators.\n\nLinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company (“LinkedIn”) – the provider of LinkedIn’s services in the European Union – has been designated by the European Commission as a Very Large Online Platform (VLOP) and is therefore subject to the European Union’s Digital Services Act (DSA) Article 42 requirement to publish certain information in semiannual disclosures. This set of files, together the DSA Transparency Report, is responsive to the obligations under DSA Article 15(1), Article 24(1)-(2), and Article 42(1)-(3). \n\nThis sheet reports information regarding requests from Member State government authorities: (1) to remove content and (2) to provide user account information. LinkedIn carefully considers all government requests for content removal and account information, and works to mitigate any implications they may have on freedom of expression and human rights. For government demands, LinkedIn employs safeguards to ensure any actions taken are narrow, specific, submitted in writing, and based on valid legal orders. Through its parent company, Microsoft, LinkedIn also engages with broader civil society organizations on best practices related to government requests and participates in human rights impact assessments.\n\nColumn G reports information regarding the number of requests LinkedIn received from Member State government authorities to remove content during the reporting period, organized by Member State and by category selected by the government authority.  Government requests to remove content can include, but are not limited to, orders under Article 9 of the Digital Services Act. LinkedIn did not receive any orders under Article 9 during the reporting period."},{"provider_slug":"linkedin","provider_name":"LinkedIn","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Government orders","field_label":"Article 9: median time to give effect","note":"As noted, government requests to remove content can include orders under Article 9 of the Digital Services Act as well as less time-sensitive requests outside of the Article 9 process. LinkedIn appropriately resolves requests given the nature of the request. LinkedIn did not receive any orders under Article 9 during the reporting period. \n\nAs provided by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2835, median times in this report are provided in hours, rounded to the nearest hour, and automated confirmation of receipts that are sent within one hour after an order is received are counted as zero. Certain requests may be received during the reporting period but not confirmed or resolved during the reporting period; those requests are excluded from the median time calculations."},{"provider_slug":"linkedin","provider_name":"LinkedIn","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Human resources","field_label":"Number of internal moderators employed by the provider","note":"Sheet 9 reports information regarding the number of content moderators employed or contracted by LinkedIn, separated by number of internal moderators employed, number of external moderators contracted, and total number of moderators (internal or external) with linguistic expertise in the official languages of the EU. Linguistic expertise is defined as CEFR-B2 language expertise or above.\n\nContent review is conducted via LinkedIn’s custom-built internal review tool, which has built-in translation technology to assist reviewers. For situations where a content moderator lacks language proficiency and LinkedIn’s machine translation tools are insufficient for a review, moderators are able to consult with their team lead and use translation services to complete the review."},{"provider_slug":"linkedin","provider_name":"LinkedIn","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Human resources","field_label":"Number of total moderators with sufficient linguistic expertise","note":"LinkedIn’s website is currently available in and supports 15 of the 24 official languages of the EU (https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/a522175). Bulgarian is not a supported language."},{"provider_slug":"linkedin","provider_name":"LinkedIn","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Human resources","field_label":"Number of total moderators with sufficient linguistic expertise","note":"LinkedIn’s website is currently available in and supports 15 of the 24 official languages of the EU (https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/a522175). Croatian is not a supported language."},{"provider_slug":"linkedin","provider_name":"LinkedIn","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Human resources","field_label":"Number of total moderators with sufficient linguistic expertise","note":"LinkedIn’s website is currently available in and supports 15 of the 24 official languages of the EU (https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/a522175). Estonian is not a supported language."},{"provider_slug":"linkedin","provider_name":"LinkedIn","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Human resources","field_label":"Number of total moderators with sufficient linguistic expertise","note":"LinkedIn’s website is currently available in and supports 15 of the 24 official languages of the EU (https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/a522175). Irish is not a supported language."},{"provider_slug":"linkedin","provider_name":"LinkedIn","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Human resources","field_label":"Number of total moderators with sufficient linguistic expertise","note":"LinkedIn’s website is currently available in and supports 15 of the 24 official languages of the EU (https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/a522175). Latvian is not a supported language."},{"provider_slug":"linkedin","provider_name":"LinkedIn","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Human resources","field_label":"Number of total moderators with sufficient linguistic expertise","note":"LinkedIn’s website is currently available in and supports 15 of the 24 official languages of the EU (https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/a522175). Lithuanian is not a supported language."},{"provider_slug":"linkedin","provider_name":"LinkedIn","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Human resources","field_label":"Number of total moderators with sufficient linguistic expertise","note":"LinkedIn’s website is currently available in and supports 15 of the 24 official languages of the EU (https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/a522175). Maltese is not a supported language."},{"provider_slug":"linkedin","provider_name":"LinkedIn","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Human resources","field_label":"Number of total moderators with sufficient linguistic expertise","note":"LinkedIn’s website is currently available in and supports 15 of the 24 official languages of the EU (https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/a522175). Slovak is not a supported language."},{"provider_slug":"linkedin","provider_name":"LinkedIn","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Human resources","field_label":"Number of total moderators with sufficient linguistic expertise","note":"LinkedIn’s website is currently available in and supports 15 of the 24 official languages of the EU (https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/a522175). Slovenian is not a supported language."},{"provider_slug":"linkedin","provider_name":"LinkedIn","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Own-initiative (illegal content)","field_label":"Account restriction: suspension","note":"Own initiative measure 'Account restriction Suspension' includes instances where LinkedIn applied a time-bounded restriction to an account in full."},{"provider_slug":"linkedin","provider_name":"LinkedIn","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Own-initiative (illegal content)","field_label":"Account restriction: termination","note":"Own initiative measure 'Account restriction Termination' includes instances where LinkedIn applied an indefinite restriction to an account in full."},{"provider_slug":"linkedin","provider_name":"LinkedIn","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Own-initiative (illegal content)","field_label":"Measures (total)","note":"Sheets 5 and 6 report information regarding DSA enforcement measures LinkedIn applied on its own initiative (i.e. absent a Member State order or Article 16 notice) to EU-relevant content during the reporting period. Sheet 5 reports own initiative measures LinkedIn applied on the basis of the law. Sheet 6 reports own initiative measures LinkedIn applied on the basis of its terms of service and policies (together, \"\"policies\"\").  \n\nLinkedIn's policies prohibit a wide range of content that also violates the law. Where content both violates LinkedIn's policies and violates the law, LinkedIn generally relies on its policies as the basis for action.\n\nLinkedIn is committed to keeping its platform and services safe, trusted, and professional. All LinkedIn users are bound by the LinkedIn User Agreement (https://www.linkedin.com/legal/user-agreement). All content on LinkedIn must comply with the LinkedIn Professional Community Policies (https://www.linkedin.com/legal/professional-community-policies), which set out in detail the content LinkedIn permits and does not permit to keep its platform safe, trusted, and professional. In addition to the Professional Community Policies, job posts on LinkedIn must also comply with the LinkedIn Jobs Policies (https://www.linkedin.com/legal/l/jobs-policies), and ads must comply with the LinkedIn Advertising Policies (https://www.linkedin.com/legal/ads-policy).\n\nExcept where otherwise noted, ‘content’ addressed in this report includes user-generated content that appears in LinkedIn’s Feed – for example, posts, articles, comments, and newsletters – along with profiles, pages, groups, job posts that appear on LinkedIn’s Jobs Board, and ads. \n\nLinkedIn applies a three-layer, multidimensional approach to moderate content on LinkedIn:\n- The first layer of protection is automated and proactive prevention. When a member attempts to create a piece of content on LinkedIn, various calls (or signals) are sent to LinkedIn’s machine learning services. These services aim to automatically filter out certain policy-violating content at the time of creation.\n- The second layer of protection is a combination of automated and human-led detection. LinkedIn’s second layer of moderation detects content that is likely to be violative but for which LinkedIn is not sufficiently confident to warrant automatic removal, and sends it for human review.\n- The third layer of protection is human-led detection. In addition to LinkedIn's Article 16 notice and action mechanism for illegal content, if users locate content that they believe violates LinkedIn’s policies, they are able to report it using LinkedIn’s in-product flagging functionality.\n\nThe following section provides additional information regarding the measures reported in Columns H through U.\n- Own initiative measure 'Visibility restriction Removal' includes instances where LinkedIn removed content because it violated its policies or the law.\n- Own initiative measure 'Visibility restriction Demoted' includes instances where LinkedIn limited the visibility of content because it violated its policies or the law.\n- Own initiative measure 'Visibility restriction Other' includes instances where LinkedIn applied a sensitive content warning and limited the visibility of content because it violated its policies or the law. A sensitive content warning obscures a post until a member clicks to view the post. \n- Own initiative measure 'Provision of the service Suspension' includes instances where LinkedIn applied a time-bounded restriction on an account's ability to post content or to post jobs because it violated LinkedIn's policies or the law, but did not restrict the account in full.   \n- Own initiative measure 'Provision of the service Termination' includes instances where LinkedIn applied an indefinite restriction on restriction on an account's ability to post content or to post jobs because it violated LinkedIn's policies or the law, but did not restrict the account in full.\n- Own initiative measure 'Account restriction Suspension' includes instances where LinkedIn applied a time-bounded restriction to an account in full.\n- Own initiative measure 'Account restriction Suspension' includes instances where LinkedIn applied an indefinite restriction to an account in full.\n\nLinkedIn did not apply own initiative measures 'Visibility restriction Disable,' 'Visibility restriction Age restricted,' 'Visibility restriction Interaction restricted,' 'Visibility restriction Labelled,' 'Monetary restriction Suspension,' 'Monetary restriction Termination,' or 'Monetary restriction Other' during the reporting period.\n\nFor the purposes of this report, LinkedIn attributes content as EU-relevant content if it is created in the EU, based on the IP address at the time of creation. LinkedIn also attributes content as EU-relevant content, regardless of where the content was created, if it is flagged by a user in the EU during the reporting period, based on the IP address at the time the flag was submitted."},{"provider_slug":"linkedin","provider_name":"LinkedIn","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Own-initiative (illegal content)","field_label":"Monetary restriction: other","note":"LinkedIn did not apply own initiative measure 'Monetary restriction Other' during the reporting period."},{"provider_slug":"linkedin","provider_name":"LinkedIn","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Own-initiative (illegal content)","field_label":"Monetary restriction: suspension","note":"LinkedIn did not apply own initiative measure 'Monetary restriction Suspension' during the reporting period."},{"provider_slug":"linkedin","provider_name":"LinkedIn","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Own-initiative (illegal content)","field_label":"Monetary restriction: termination","note":"LinkedIn did not apply own initiative measure 'Monetary restriction Termination' during the reporting period."},{"provider_slug":"linkedin","provider_name":"LinkedIn","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Own-initiative (illegal content)","field_label":"Service restriction: suspension","note":"Own initiative measure 'Provision of the service Suspension' includes instances where LinkedIn applied a time-bounded restriction on an account's ability to post content or to post jobs because it violated LinkedIn's policies or the law, but did not restrict the account in full."},{"provider_slug":"linkedin","provider_name":"LinkedIn","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Own-initiative (illegal content)","field_label":"Service restriction: termination","note":"Own initiative measure 'Provision of the service Termination' includes instances where LinkedIn applied an indefinite restriction on an account's ability to post content or to post jobs because it violated LinkedIn's policies or the law, but did not restrict the account in full."},{"provider_slug":"linkedin","provider_name":"LinkedIn","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Own-initiative (illegal content)","field_label":"Visibility restriction: age-restrict","note":"LinkedIn did not apply own initiative measure 'Visibility restriction Age restricted' during the reporting period."},{"provider_slug":"linkedin","provider_name":"LinkedIn","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Own-initiative (illegal content)","field_label":"Visibility restriction: demote","note":"Own initiative measure 'Visibility restriction Demoted' includes instances where LinkedIn limited the visibility of content because it violated its policies or the law."},{"provider_slug":"linkedin","provider_name":"LinkedIn","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Own-initiative (illegal content)","field_label":"Visibility restriction: disable","note":"LinkedIn did not apply own initiative measure 'Visibility restriction Disable' during the reporting period."},{"provider_slug":"linkedin","provider_name":"LinkedIn","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Own-initiative (illegal content)","field_label":"Visibility restriction: label","note":"LinkedIn did not apply own initiative measure 'Visibility restriction Labelled' during the reporting period."},{"provider_slug":"linkedin","provider_name":"LinkedIn","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Own-initiative (illegal content)","field_label":"Visibility restriction: limit interaction","note":"LinkedIn did not apply own initiative measure 'Visibility restriction Interaction restricted' during the reporting period."},{"provider_slug":"linkedin","provider_name":"LinkedIn","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Own-initiative (illegal content)","field_label":"Visibility restriction: other","note":"Own initiative measure measure 'Visibility restriction Other' includes instances where LinkedIn applied a sensitive content warning and limited the visibility of content because it violated its policies or the law. A sensitive content warning obscures a post until a member clicks to view the post."},{"provider_slug":"linkedin","provider_name":"LinkedIn","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Own-initiative (illegal content)","field_label":"Visibility restriction: removal","note":"Own initiative measure 'Visibility restriction Removal' includes instances where LinkedIn removed content because it violated its policies or the law."},{"provider_slug":"linkedin","provider_name":"LinkedIn","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Own-initiative (terms of service)","field_label":"Account restriction: suspension","note":"Own initiative measure 'Account restriction Suspension' includes instances where LinkedIn applied a time-bounded restriction to an account in full."},{"provider_slug":"linkedin","provider_name":"LinkedIn","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Own-initiative (terms of service)","field_label":"Account restriction: termination","note":"Own initiative measure 'Account restriction Termination' includes instances where LinkedIn applied an indefinite restriction to an account in full."},{"provider_slug":"linkedin","provider_name":"LinkedIn","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Own-initiative (terms of service)","field_label":"Measures (total)","note":"Sheets 5 and 6 report information regarding DSA enforcement measures LinkedIn applied on its own initiative (i.e. absent a Member State order or Article 16 notice) to EU-relevant content during the reporting period. Sheet 5 reports own initiative measures LinkedIn applied on the basis of the law. Sheet 6 reports own initiative measures LinkedIn applied on the basis of its terms of service and policies (together, \"policies\").  \n\nLinkedIn's policies prohibit a wide range of content that also violates the law. Where content both violates LinkedIn's policies and violates the law, LinkedIn generally relies on its policies as the basis for action.\n\nLinkedIn is committed to keeping its platform and services safe, trusted, and professional. All LinkedIn users are bound by the LinkedIn User Agreement (https://www.linkedin.com/legal/user-agreement). All content on LinkedIn must comply with the LinkedIn Professional Community Policies (https://www.linkedin.com/legal/professional-community-policies), which set out in detail the content LinkedIn permits and does not permit to keep its platform safe, trusted, and professional. In addition to the Professional Community Policies, job posts on LinkedIn must also comply with the LinkedIn Jobs Policies (https://www.linkedin.com/legal/l/jobs-policies), and ads must comply with the LinkedIn Advertising Policies (https://www.linkedin.com/legal/ads-policy).\n\nExcept where otherwise noted, ‘content’ addressed in this report includes user-generated content that appears in LinkedIn’s Feed – for example, posts, articles, comments, and newsletters – along with profiles, pages, groups, job posts that appear on LinkedIn’s Jobs Board, and ads. \n\nLinkedIn applies a three-layer, multidimensional approach to moderate content on LinkedIn:\n- The first layer of protection is automated and proactive prevention. When a member attempts to create a piece of content on LinkedIn, various calls (or signals) are sent to LinkedIn’s machine learning services. These services aim to automatically filter out certain policy-violating content at the time of creation.\n- The second layer of protection is a combination of automated and human-led detection. LinkedIn’s second layer of moderation detects content that is likely to be violative but for which LinkedIn is not sufficiently confident to warrant automatic removal, and sends it for human review.\n- The third layer of protection is human-led detection. In addition to LinkedIn's Article 16 notice and action mechanism for illegal content, if users locate content that they believe violates LinkedIn’s policies, they are able to report it using LinkedIn’s in-product flagging functionality.\n\nThe following section provides additional information regarding the measures reported in Columns H through U.\n- Own initiative measure 'Visibility restriction Removal' includes instances where LinkedIn removed content because it violated its policies or the law.\n- Own initiative measure 'Visibility restriction Demoted' includes instances where LinkedIn limited the visibility of content because it violated its policies or the law.\n- Own initiative measure 'Visibility restriction Other' includes instances where LinkedIn applied a sensitive content warning and limited the visibility of content because it violated its policies or the law. A sensitive content warning obscures a post until a member clicks to view the post. \n- Own initiative measure 'Provision of the service Suspension' includes instances where LinkedIn applied a time-bounded restriction on an account's ability to post content or to post jobs because it violated LinkedIn's policies or the law, but did not restrict the account in full.   \n- Own initiative measure 'Provision of the service Termination' includes instances where LinkedIn applied an indefinite restriction on restriction on an account's ability to post content or to post jobs because it violated LinkedIn's policies or the law, but did not restrict the account in full.\n- Own initiative measure 'Account restriction Suspension' includes instances where LinkedIn applied a time-bounded restriction to an account in full.\n- Own initiative measure 'Account restriction Suspension' includes instances where LinkedIn applied an indefinite restriction to an account in full.\n\nLinkedIn did not apply own initiative measures 'Visibility restriction Disable,' 'Visibility restriction Age restricted,' 'Visibility restriction Interaction restricted,' 'Visibility restriction Labelled,' 'Monetary restriction Suspension,' 'Monetary restriction Termination,' or 'Monetary restriction Other' during the reporting period.\n\nFor the purposes of this report, LinkedIn attributes content as EU-relevant content if it is created in the EU, based on the IP address at the time of creation. LinkedIn also attributes content as EU-relevant content, regardless of where the content was created, if it is flagged by a user in the EU during the reporting period, based on the IP address at the time the flag was submitted."},{"provider_slug":"linkedin","provider_name":"LinkedIn","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Own-initiative (terms of service)","field_label":"Monetary restriction: other","note":"LinkedIn did not apply own initiative measure 'Monetary restriction Other' during the reporting period."},{"provider_slug":"linkedin","provider_name":"LinkedIn","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Own-initiative (terms of service)","field_label":"Monetary restriction: suspension","note":"LinkedIn did not apply own initiative measure 'Monetary restriction Suspension' during the reporting period."},{"provider_slug":"linkedin","provider_name":"LinkedIn","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Own-initiative (terms of service)","field_label":"Monetary restriction: termination","note":"LinkedIn did not apply own initiative measure 'Monetary restriction Termination' during the reporting period."},{"provider_slug":"linkedin","provider_name":"LinkedIn","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Own-initiative (terms of service)","field_label":"Service restriction: suspension","note":"Own initiative measure 'Provision of the service Suspension' includes instances where LinkedIn applied a time-bounded restriction on an account's ability to post content or to post jobs because it violated LinkedIn's policies or the law, but did not restrict the account in full."},{"provider_slug":"linkedin","provider_name":"LinkedIn","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Own-initiative (terms of service)","field_label":"Service restriction: termination","note":"Own initiative measure 'Provision of the service Termination' includes instances where LinkedIn applied an indefinite restriction on restriction on an account's ability to post content or to post jobs because it violated LinkedIn's policies or the law, but did not restrict the account in full."},{"provider_slug":"linkedin","provider_name":"LinkedIn","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Own-initiative (terms of service)","field_label":"Visibility restriction: age-restrict","note":"LinkedIn did not apply own initiative measure 'Visibility restriction Age restricted' during the reporting period."},{"provider_slug":"linkedin","provider_name":"LinkedIn","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Own-initiative (terms of service)","field_label":"Visibility restriction: demote","note":"Own initiative measure 'Visibility restriction Demoted' includes instances where LinkedIn limited the visibility of content because it violated its policies or the law."},{"provider_slug":"linkedin","provider_name":"LinkedIn","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Own-initiative (terms of service)","field_label":"Visibility restriction: disable","note":"LinkedIn did not apply own initiative measure 'Visibility restriction Disable' during the reporting period."},{"provider_slug":"linkedin","provider_name":"LinkedIn","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Own-initiative (terms of service)","field_label":"Visibility restriction: label","note":"LinkedIn did not apply own initiative measure 'Visibility restriction Labelled' during the reporting period."},{"provider_slug":"linkedin","provider_name":"LinkedIn","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Own-initiative (terms of service)","field_label":"Visibility restriction: limit interaction","note":"LinkedIn did not apply own initiative measure 'Visibility restriction Interaction restricted' during the reporting period."},{"provider_slug":"linkedin","provider_name":"LinkedIn","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Own-initiative (terms of service)","field_label":"Visibility restriction: other","note":"Own initiative measure measure 'Visibility restriction Other' includes instances where LinkedIn applied a sensitive content warning and limited the visibility of content because it violated its policies or the law. A sensitive content warning obscures a post until a member clicks to view the post."},{"provider_slug":"linkedin","provider_name":"LinkedIn","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Own-initiative (terms of service)","field_label":"Visibility restriction: removal","note":"Own initiative measure 'Visibility restriction Removal' includes instances where LinkedIn removed content because it violated its policies or the law."},{"provider_slug":"pinterest","provider_name":"Pinterest","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Article 16 notices","field_label":"Actions on the basis of law","note":"This is the total number of actions that were taken following receipt of a notice, that were based on the illegality of the content."},{"provider_slug":"pinterest","provider_name":"Pinterest","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Article 16 notices","field_label":"Actions on the basis of law (Trusted Flaggers)","note":"This is the total number of actions that were taken following receipt of a notice from a Trusted Flagger, that were based on the illegality of the content."},{"provider_slug":"pinterest","provider_name":"Pinterest","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Article 16 notices","field_label":"Actions on the basis of terms","note":"This is the total number of actions that were taken following receipt of notice, that were based on the incompatibility of the information with Pinterest’s Terms of Service."},{"provider_slug":"pinterest","provider_name":"Pinterest","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Article 16 notices","field_label":"Actions on the basis of terms (Trusted Flaggers)","note":"This is the total number of actions that were taken following receipt of notice from a Trusted Flagger, that were based on the incompatibility of the information with Pinterest’s Terms of Service."},{"provider_slug":"pinterest","provider_name":"Pinterest","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Article 16 notices","field_label":"Items in notices","note":"This is the total number of specific items of information that were included in the total number of notices received."},{"provider_slug":"pinterest","provider_name":"Pinterest","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Article 16 notices","field_label":"Items in notices (Trusted Flaggers)","note":"This is the total number of specific items of information that were included in the total number of notices received from Trusted Flaggers."},{"provider_slug":"pinterest","provider_name":"Pinterest","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Article 16 notices","field_label":"Median time to action","note":"During the reporting period, we did not receive any notices related to this category. The median time is listed as 0 - as it applies to Pinterest - but the result of that practice during the reporting period is zero."},{"provider_slug":"pinterest","provider_name":"Pinterest","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Article 16 notices","field_label":"Median time to action","note":"The median time to take action is calculated based on the time the notice was received until the time the notice was addressed. This includes notices that Pinterest took no action on after determining no violation was found and the content was not illegal.\n\nThe median time is indicated in hours."},{"provider_slug":"pinterest","provider_name":"Pinterest","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Article 16 notices","field_label":"Median time to action (Trusted Flaggers)","note":"During the reporting period, we did not receive any notices related to this category. The median time is listed as 0 - as it applies to Pinterest - but the result of that practice during the reporting period is zero."},{"provider_slug":"pinterest","provider_name":"Pinterest","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Article 16 notices","field_label":"Median time to action (Trusted Flaggers)","note":"The median time to take action is calculated based on the time the notice was received until the time the notice was addressed. This includes notices that Pinterest took no action on after determining no violation was found and the content was not illegal.\n\nThe median time is indicated in hours."},{"provider_slug":"pinterest","provider_name":"Pinterest","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Article 16 notices","field_label":"Notices received","note":"This category encompasses notices received through our European Union Illegal Content Reporting Form for “nudity or pornography” and “other.” \n\nIn our European Union Illegal Content Reporting Form, users can select “nudity or pornography” as a reporting basis. We have included this option under this category because there is no more suitable category available on this tab for such reports.\n\nOf the 2,821 total notices received, 520 related to “nudity or pornography” and 2,301 utilised the \"other\" reporting option."},{"provider_slug":"pinterest","provider_name":"Pinterest","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Article 16 notices","field_label":"Notices received","note":"This includes the total number of notices received during the reporting period through our European Union Illegal Content Reporting Form.\n\nPlease note the total number of notices received does not equal the total numbers outlined in the rows below. This is because one notice can contain multiple items with separate reporting reasons per item. When one notice includes multiple reporting reasons, we count them separately."},{"provider_slug":"pinterest","provider_name":"Pinterest","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Article 16 notices","field_label":"Notices received (Trusted Flaggers)","note":"This is the total number of notices received from Trusted Flaggers during the reporting period.\n\nPlease note the total number of notices received does not equal the total numbers outlined in the rows below. This is because one notice can contain multiple items with separate reporting reasons per item. When one notice includes multiple reporting reasons, we count them separately."},{"provider_slug":"pinterest","provider_name":"Pinterest","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Complaints, appeals & disputes","field_label":"Complaint regarding a decision not to take action on a notice submitted by a Trusted Flagger in accordance with Article 16","note":"The median time is indicated in hours."},{"provider_slug":"pinterest","provider_name":"Pinterest","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Complaints, appeals & disputes","field_label":"Complaint regarding a decision not to take action on a notice submitted in accordance with Article 16","note":"The median time is indicated in hours."},{"provider_slug":"pinterest","provider_name":"Pinterest","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Complaints, appeals & disputes","field_label":"Complaint regarding a decision to remove or disable access to or restrict visibility of information","note":"The median time is indicated in hours."},{"provider_slug":"pinterest","provider_name":"Pinterest","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Complaints, appeals & disputes","field_label":"Complaint regarding a decision to remove or disable access to or restrict visibility of information","note":"This is the number of complaints received regarding a decision to remove or disable access to or restrict visibility of information.\n\nPlease note that the numbers reported in rows 10-12 below do not equal the total reported in this row. This is due to the fact that we have included “decisions omitted” in the total reported, which include appeals where we are either awaiting additional information or identity verification from the user or the appeal had not been processed by the end of the reporting period. It also includes appeals where the content had been deleted by the user, duplicate appeals, or cases where the content was otherwise unavailable at the time of Pinterest’s review."},{"provider_slug":"pinterest","provider_name":"Pinterest","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Complaints, appeals & disputes","field_label":"Complaint regarding a decision to restrict the ability to monetise information","note":"Pinterest does not have enforcements that map to this restriction type, thus this is not applicable."},{"provider_slug":"pinterest","provider_name":"Pinterest","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Complaints, appeals & disputes","field_label":"Complaint regarding a decision to suspend or terminate an account","note":"The median time is indicated in hours."},{"provider_slug":"pinterest","provider_name":"Pinterest","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Complaints, appeals & disputes","field_label":"Complaint regarding a decision to suspend or terminate an account","note":"This is the number of complaints received regarding a decision to suspend or terminate an account.\n\nPlease note that the numbers reported in rows 20-22 below do not equal the total reported in this row. This is due to the fact that we have included “decisions omitted” in the total reported, which include appeals where we are either awaiting additional information or identity verification from the user or the appeal had not been processed by the end of the reporting period. It also includes appeals where the content had been deleted by the user, duplicate appeals, or cases where the content was otherwise unavailable at the time of Pinterest’s review."},{"provider_slug":"pinterest","provider_name":"Pinterest","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Complaints, appeals & disputes","field_label":"Complaint regarding a decision to suspend or terminate the provision of the service","note":"Pinterest does not have enforcements that map to this restriction type, thus this is not applicable."},{"provider_slug":"pinterest","provider_name":"Pinterest","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Complaints, appeals & disputes","field_label":"Number of complaints submitted to the internal-complaints mechanism","note":"Decisions omitted include appeals where we are awaiting additional information or identity verification from the user, or where the appeal had not been processed by the close of the reporting period. This also includes appeals where the content has been deleted by the user, duplicate appeals, or cases where the content was otherwise unavailable at the time of Pinterest’s review.\n\nPlease note that in this reporting period, 4,460 of these appeals were duplicates. An additional 4,308 appeals related to cases where we work with a trusted third party partner to process appeals, most of which are still in the waiting stage because the user had not completed the identification verification process and our partner was not able to proceed with their appeal."},{"provider_slug":"pinterest","provider_name":"Pinterest","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Complaints, appeals & disputes","field_label":"Number of complaints submitted to the internal-complaints mechanism","note":"Decisions partially reversed include situations where we determined our original decision was too strict and reversed some restrictions on the content."},{"provider_slug":"pinterest","provider_name":"Pinterest","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Complaints, appeals & disputes","field_label":"Number of complaints submitted to the internal-complaints mechanism","note":"Decisions reversed include situations where we reversed our original decision."},{"provider_slug":"pinterest","provider_name":"Pinterest","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Complaints, appeals & disputes","field_label":"Number of complaints submitted to the internal-complaints mechanism","note":"Decisions upheld include situations where we upheld our original decision. It also includes situations where we determined our original decision was not strict enough and imposed further restrictions."},{"provider_slug":"pinterest","provider_name":"Pinterest","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Complaints, appeals & disputes","field_label":"Number of complaints submitted to the internal-complaints mechanism","note":"The median time is indicated in hours."},{"provider_slug":"pinterest","provider_name":"Pinterest","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Complaints, appeals & disputes","field_label":"Number of complaints submitted to the internal-complaints mechanism","note":"This includes appeals from EU users regarding content moderation restrictions.\n\nAlso included are all appeals concerning decisions taken following a notice received through our European Union Illegal Content Reporting Form. Please note this may include appeals from non-EU users that resulted from a decision based on a notice submitted via this form."},{"provider_slug":"pinterest","provider_name":"Pinterest","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Complaints, appeals & disputes","field_label":"Number of disputes submitted to out-of-court dispute settlement bodies","note":"Decision omitted includes out of scope and duplicate disputes and situations where Pinterest reversed its original decision before a decision was reached by the out-of-court dispute settlement body."},{"provider_slug":"pinterest","provider_name":"Pinterest","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Complaints, appeals & disputes","field_label":"Number of disputes submitted to out-of-court dispute settlement bodies","note":"During the reporting period we did not receive any decisions from out-of-court dispute settlement bodies, therefore the median time it took to reach a decision is not applicable in this report."},{"provider_slug":"pinterest","provider_name":"Pinterest","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Complaints, appeals & disputes","field_label":"Number of disputes submitted to out-of-court dispute settlement bodies","note":"During the reporting period we did not receive any decisions from out-of-court dispute settlement bodies."},{"provider_slug":"pinterest","provider_name":"Pinterest","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Complaints, appeals & disputes","field_label":"Number of disputes submitted to out-of-court dispute settlement bodies","note":"This is the number of disputes concerning a content moderation restriction or a decision on a notice that were submitted to an out-of-court dispute settlement body, including out of scope and duplicate disputes.\n\nPlease note that, at the end of the reporting period, 8 of these disputes were still pending and Pinterest was awaiting a decision from the out-of-court dispute settlement body."},{"provider_slug":"pinterest","provider_name":"Pinterest","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Complaints, appeals & disputes","field_label":"Number of restrictions newly imposed as a result of an internal complaint","note":"This includes situations where, upon review of a complaint, we determined our original decision was not strict enough and imposed further restrictions."},{"provider_slug":"pinterest","provider_name":"Pinterest","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Complaints, appeals & disputes","field_label":"Number of suspensions enacted for the provision of manifestly illegal content","note":"If a user frequently posts manifestly illegal content, we warn the individual that continuation of the behaviour will result in deactivation of the user’s account.  \n\nThis includes users who were deactivated due to repeated violations of our Community Guidelines, and this volume may overstate the number of deactivations specifically for manifestly illegal content."},{"provider_slug":"pinterest","provider_name":"Pinterest","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Complaints, appeals & disputes","field_label":"Number of suspensions enacted for the provision of manifestly unfounded complaints","note":"If a reporter frequently submits manifestly unfounded appeals, we warn the individual that continuation of the behaviour will result in suspension of their ability to use the abused systems. If, following this warning, the individual continues to abuse the systems, Pinterest will suspend for a reasonable period of time their ability to use the abused systems."},{"provider_slug":"pinterest","provider_name":"Pinterest","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Complaints, appeals & disputes","field_label":"Number of suspensions enacted for the provision of manifestly unfounded notices","note":"If a reporter frequently submits manifestly unfounded reports, we warn the individual that continuation of the behaviour will result in suspension of their ability to use the abused systems. If, following this warning, the individual continues to abuse the systems, Pinterest will suspend for a reasonable period of time their ability to use the abused systems."},{"provider_slug":"pinterest","provider_name":"Pinterest","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Government orders","field_label":"Article 10 orders received","note":"These are orders to provide information from EU Member States' authorities where the issuing authority omitted a reference to a legal ground."},{"provider_slug":"pinterest","provider_name":"Pinterest","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Government orders","field_label":"Article 10 orders received","note":"This is the total number of orders to provide information received from EU Member States’ authorities in the reporting period. \n\nThese orders may include law enforcement requests, such as emergency disclosure requests, and requests issued pursuant to local law."},{"provider_slug":"pinterest","provider_name":"Pinterest","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Government orders","field_label":"Article 10: median time to give effect","note":"During the reporting period, we did not receive any orders related to this category. The median time is listed as 0 - as it applies to Pinterest - but the result of that practice during the reporting period is zero."},{"provider_slug":"pinterest","provider_name":"Pinterest","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Government orders","field_label":"Article 10: median time to give effect","note":"The median time to give effect to the order to provide information is calculated based on the time the order was successfully transmitted to Pinterest, until the time the order was addressed.\n\nThe median time is only calculated based on orders where effect is given to the order, thus this is not based on the total number of orders received.\n\nThe median time is indicated in hours."},{"provider_slug":"pinterest","provider_name":"Pinterest","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Government orders","field_label":"Article 10: median time to give effect","note":"The median time to give effect to the order to provide information is listed as 0 because we did not provide information in response to this request."},{"provider_slug":"pinterest","provider_name":"Pinterest","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Government orders","field_label":"Article 10: median time to inform of receipt","note":"During the reporting period, we did not receive any orders related to this category. The median time is listed as 0 - as it applies to Pinterest - but the result of that practice during the reporting period is zero."},{"provider_slug":"pinterest","provider_name":"Pinterest","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Government orders","field_label":"Article 10: median time to inform of receipt","note":"The median time to inform the authority of the receipt of the order to provide information is listed as 0 because our confirmation is automated and immediate."},{"provider_slug":"pinterest","provider_name":"Pinterest","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Government orders","field_label":"Article 9 orders received","note":"This is the total number of orders received from EU Member States’ authorities to act against illegal content in the reporting period.\n\nWe review the orders to determine if the content identified violates our Community Guidelines or local law. Our teams take action on violations, ranging from deactivating the content globally to restricting access to the content within the relevant country if it appears to violate local law, but does not violate our policies."},{"provider_slug":"pinterest","provider_name":"Pinterest","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Government orders","field_label":"Article 9: items in orders","note":"This is the total number of specific items of information that were\nincluded in the total number of orders received from EU Member States’ authorities."},{"provider_slug":"pinterest","provider_name":"Pinterest","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Government orders","field_label":"Article 9: median time to give effect","note":"During the reporting period, we did not receive any orders related to this category. The median time is listed as 0 - as it applies to Pinterest - but the result of that practice during the reporting period is zero."},{"provider_slug":"pinterest","provider_name":"Pinterest","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Government orders","field_label":"Article 9: median time to give effect","note":"The median time to give effect to the order to act against illegal content is calculated based on the time the order was successfully transmitted to Pinterest, until the time the order was addressed. The median time is indicated in hours."},{"provider_slug":"pinterest","provider_name":"Pinterest","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Government orders","field_label":"Article 9: median time to inform of receipt","note":"During the reporting period, we did not receive any orders related to this category. The median time is listed as 0 - as it applies to Pinterest - but the result of that practice during the reporting period is zero."},{"provider_slug":"pinterest","provider_name":"Pinterest","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Government orders","field_label":"Article 9: median time to inform of receipt","note":"The median time to inform the authority of the receipt of the order to act against illegal content is listed as 0 because our confirmation is automated and immediate."},{"provider_slug":"pinterest","provider_name":"Pinterest","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Human resources","field_label":"Number of total moderators with sufficient linguistic expertise","note":"This is the number of total moderators available, both internally and externally, that have sufficient linguistic expertise in the indicated language. Sufficient linguistic expertise is defined as at least equivalent to level B2 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR).\n\nPinterest is primarily a visual platform, nevertheless every member of our review team speaks at least one official language of a Member State of the EU, and we have additional external resources available to assist with any EU Member State official language not covered by our moderators."},{"provider_slug":"pinterest","provider_name":"Pinterest","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Own-initiative (illegal content)","field_label":"Measures (total)","note":"Pinterest engages in content moderation at its own initiative to detect and address content that violates our policies. However, we do not engage in content moderation at our own initiative specifically for the purpose of identifying illegal content. Any actions we take related to illegal content are conducted either in accordance with our policies or in response to an order from a Member State authority or a notice submitted through our European Union Illegal Content Reporting Form. Therefore, for the purposes of this report, Pinterest has not taken any measures at its own initiative in respect of illegal content."},{"provider_slug":"pinterest","provider_name":"Pinterest","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Own-initiative (terms of service)","field_label":"Account restriction: suspension","note":"This restriction type includes restrictions for copyright violations. When a user has received multiple complaints about certain copyright violations, we restrict the ability for the user to post and save content for 14 days so that they can audit their account and remove any further instances of infringement. This temporary restriction is applied manually and automatically lifts after the 14 day period; it acts as a final warning after which any further unrefuted claims of infringement on their account will result in account termination. \n\nThis restriction type also includes suspensions applied as a result of the  provision of manifestly unfounded complaints and notices."},{"provider_slug":"pinterest","provider_name":"Pinterest","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Own-initiative (terms of service)","field_label":"Account restriction: termination","note":"This restriction type includes account deactivations.\n\nAny account, regardless of privacy settings, may be deactivated for violating our policies. When an account is deactivated, all of its Pins and boards are also deactivated. That means that if you search for them on Pinterest or click on an old link to their profile, that profile won’t show up anymore. Their Pins won’t appear anywhere on Pinterest. And the deactivated user won’t be able to access their own Pins or boards, either.\n\nThis restriction type also covers account deactivations imposed where a user frequently provides manifestly illegal content or repeatedly violates our policies."},{"provider_slug":"pinterest","provider_name":"Pinterest","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Own-initiative (terms of service)","field_label":"Measures (total)","note":"This is the number of measures that have been taken at Pinterest's own initiative for violations of our Terms of Service. Own initiative means that the decision to impose a restriction on an account or content has not been preceded by an order from a Member State authority or a notice submitted through our European Union Illegal Content Reporting Form."},{"provider_slug":"pinterest","provider_name":"Pinterest","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Own-initiative (terms of service)","field_label":"Measures solely automated","note":"This is the number of measures that were taken at Pinterest's own initiative using automated means. \n\nMore information about our automated means can be found in the \"qualitative description of the automated means\" section on 11_qualitative tab."},{"provider_slug":"pinterest","provider_name":"Pinterest","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Own-initiative (terms of service)","field_label":"Monetary restriction: other","note":"We have not mapped any enforcement types to this restriction category."},{"provider_slug":"pinterest","provider_name":"Pinterest","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Own-initiative (terms of service)","field_label":"Monetary restriction: suspension","note":"We have not mapped any enforcement types to this restriction category."},{"provider_slug":"pinterest","provider_name":"Pinterest","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Own-initiative (terms of service)","field_label":"Monetary restriction: termination","note":"We have not mapped any enforcement types to this restriction category."},{"provider_slug":"pinterest","provider_name":"Pinterest","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Own-initiative (terms of service)","field_label":"Service restriction: suspension","note":"We have not mapped any enforcement types to this restriction category."},{"provider_slug":"pinterest","provider_name":"Pinterest","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Own-initiative (terms of service)","field_label":"Service restriction: termination","note":"We have not mapped any enforcement types to this restriction category."},{"provider_slug":"pinterest","provider_name":"Pinterest","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Own-initiative (terms of service)","field_label":"Visibility restriction: age-restrict","note":"This restriction type includes ads limited approval solely or partially based on age.\n\nLimited approval: Limited approval means that an ad may run, but with restrictions - for example, it may only be shown to people over a certain age."},{"provider_slug":"pinterest","provider_name":"Pinterest","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Own-initiative (terms of service)","field_label":"Visibility restriction: demote","note":"This restriction type includes limited distribution of Pins, boards, accounts and comments. It also includes advertiser offboardings, merchant rejections and catalogue restrictions.\n\nLimiting distribution: When we limit the distribution of content, that content will continue to be accessible to the user who posted it, but it won’t be distributed through recommendation or discovery surfaces such as Pinterest search results or home feed.\n\nAdvertiser offboarding: When we offboard an advertiser, they no longer have access to Pinterest’s advertising tools. This doesn’t affect their ability to use other, non-advertising Pinterest products.\n\nCatalogue restrictions: When we prevent the distribution of catalogues, they cannot be used in ads. When we limit the distribution of catalogues, they can only be allowed in ads if they comply with our Advertising Guidelines."},{"provider_slug":"pinterest","provider_name":"Pinterest","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Own-initiative (terms of service)","field_label":"Visibility restriction: disable","note":"This restriction type includes domain blocks, music mutes and ad rejections.\n\nDomain blocks: We may block domains (links) that lead to content or are associated with content that may violate our policies.\n\nMusic mutes: Pinterest works with a third-party partner to proactively and automatically identify audio that matches a file provided by a copyright holder to the third-party partner. When our third-party partner matches the digital signature of an audio file on Pinterest with a file in their library, the audio on the Pin is muted automatically. \n\nAd rejections: When an ad is rejected, it will not be shown to users. We may reject an ad before ever showing it to anyone, or after the campaign has already begun to run - for example, in response to a report from a user who saw the ad."},{"provider_slug":"pinterest","provider_name":"Pinterest","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Own-initiative (terms of service)","field_label":"Visibility restriction: label","note":"We have not mapped any enforcement types to this restriction category."},{"provider_slug":"pinterest","provider_name":"Pinterest","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Own-initiative (terms of service)","field_label":"Visibility restriction: limit interaction","note":"We have not mapped any enforcement types to this restriction category."},{"provider_slug":"pinterest","provider_name":"Pinterest","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Own-initiative (terms of service)","field_label":"Visibility restriction: other","note":"This restriction type includes content and accounts that have been blocked in territory or provided limited approval. This also includes ads with limited approval based on any reason other than age.\n\n\nBlocked in territory: We may restrict access to content within a relevant territory if it is determined to violate local law but does not violate our policies. The blocked in territory actions reported in this tab are limited to restrictions applied to content or accounts of users located in the EU, where the enforcement action was taken based on a violation of law outside the EU and its Member States.\n\nLimited approval: Limited approval means that an ad may run, but with restrictions - for example, it may only be shown to people in certain regions."},{"provider_slug":"pinterest","provider_name":"Pinterest","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Own-initiative (terms of service)","field_label":"Visibility restriction: removal","note":"This restriction type includes deactivated boards, Pins and comments. When we deactivate content, that content is no longer available to anyone on the platform. Deactivation may also be referred to as “removal.”"},{"provider_slug":"pornhub","provider_name":"Pornhub","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Government orders","field_label":"Article 10: median time to inform of receipt","note":"We provide an immediate automated response to acknowledge receipt"},{"provider_slug":"pornhub","provider_name":"Pornhub","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Government orders","field_label":"Article 9: median time to inform of receipt","note":"We provide an immediate automated response to acknowledge receipt"},{"provider_slug":"pornhub","provider_name":"Pornhub","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Human resources","field_label":"Number of internal moderators employed by the provider","note":"It is vital to note that images and videos are not published on the platform until they have been reviewed by a human moderator, and that our moderators are not subjected to any content review quotas. They are directed to review content and approve it if they’ve determined that the content does not violate our terms of service. Therefore, increasing the number of moderators would primarily impact the speed at which content is published on Pornhub, with little additional effect on the volume of illegal or incompatible content that is actually disseminated."},{"provider_slug":"shein","provider_name":"Shein","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Article 16 notices","field_label":"Actions on the basis of law","note":"When a notice is received about a product, it may sometimes lead to additional compliance review and, if necessary, product removal. Such removals are then categorised as Own Initiative within the relevant category."},{"provider_slug":"shein","provider_name":"Shein","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Article 16 notices","field_label":"Median time to action (Trusted Flaggers)","note":"Across the reporting period, we received 3 Trusted Flagger notices and the median time to take action was 4 days, calculated as the time between receipt of the notice and implementation of the action. In all cases, we took the first step to action the notice within 1 day of receipt (including internal triage, escalation and initial assessment), but some matters required additional analysis and investigation before platform changes could be implemented, which drove the overall median implementation time. All three notices were related to labelling and product or trader information, and none raised product safety concerns. We treat safety-related issues as time critical and aim to act within 24 hours where safety risks are identified, whereas a longer timeframe may be reasonable for trader information and labelling issues that require verification and evidence gathering. In this small sample, one case required deeper review and therefore took longer, one listing was taken down the same day, and one case was reviewed and progressed the next day, all within the context of non-safety product information issues."},{"provider_slug":"shein","provider_name":"Shein","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Article 16 notices","field_label":"Median time to action (Trusted Flaggers)","note":"Median time is calculated in elapsed (calendar) hours. The calculation includes non-working hours (e.g., nights, weekends, holidays) and is not limited to business hours. If we respond within less than 1 hour, the time is recorded as 0 hours for reporting purposes."},{"provider_slug":"shein","provider_name":"Shein","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Article 16 notices","field_label":"Notices received","note":"STATEMENT_CATEGORY_NOT_SPECIFIED_NOTICE includes notices predominantly concern alleged breaches of our Terms and Conditions"},{"provider_slug":"shein","provider_name":"Shein","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Complaints, appeals & disputes","field_label":"Number of disputes submitted to out-of-court dispute settlement bodies","note":"3 decisions upheld but we have submitted appeals. We have not heard back after the appeal."},{"provider_slug":"shein","provider_name":"Shein","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Government orders","field_label":"Article 10: median time to inform of receipt","note":"We reported “N.A.” because, for the relevant Member State orders received during the reporting period, the applicable procedure did not impose a legal requirement to send a separate confirmation/acknowledgement of receipt to the issuing authority. We proceed directly to assess and implement the requested measures."},{"provider_slug":"shein","provider_name":"Shein","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Government orders","field_label":"Article 9: median time to give effect","note":"Median time is calculated in elapsed (calendar) hours. The calculation includes non-working hours (e.g., nights, weekends, holidays) and is not limited to business hours within a particular timezone. If we respond within less than 1 hour, the time is recorded as 0 hours for reporting purposes."},{"provider_slug":"shein","provider_name":"Shein","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Government orders","field_label":"Article 9: median time to inform of receipt","note":"Median time is calculated in elapsed (calendar) hours. The calculation includes non-working hours (e.g., nights, weekends, holidays) and is not limited to business hours. If we respond within less than 1 hour, the time is recorded as 0 hours for reporting purposes."},{"provider_slug":"shein","provider_name":"Shein","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Government orders","field_label":"Article 9: median time to inform of receipt","note":"We reported “N.A.” because, for the relevant Member State orders received during the reporting period, the applicable procedure did not impose a legal requirement to send a separate confirmation/acknowledgement of receipt to the issuing authority. We proceed directly to assess and implement the requested measures."},{"provider_slug":"shein","provider_name":"Shein","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Human resources","field_label":"Number of external moderators contracted by the provider","note":"We also contract with external moderators based on the number of reviewed cases rather than on headcount.  However, this will not reflecting in the total number of external moderator."},{"provider_slug":"shein","provider_name":"Shein","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Human resources","field_label":"Number of internal moderators employed by the provider","note":"We have various functions involved in content moderation globally. These functions collaborate closely with specialised teams and focus broadly on the following areas:\n  - Ensuring that marketplace operations meet regulatory requirements such as data protection and DSA. \n  - Managing customer interface functionality, payment processes, customer service, and risk control. \n  - Overseeing seller and product management covering areas like product compliance, intellectual property protection, and the moderation of offensive content.\n\nSome teams, such as our editorial team, primarily focus on content moderation, while others, like our customer service team, incorporate content moderation as part of their broader responsibilities."},{"provider_slug":"shein","provider_name":"Shein","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Human resources","field_label":"Number of total moderators with sufficient linguistic expertise","note":"In terms of languages spoken, the proficiency expected from our internal moderators includes the equivalent to English B2 (college graduate) level. Certain moderators also speak other languages used in the European Union, and their language proficiency is at the appropriate level needed to carry out the responsibilities of a moderator."},{"provider_slug":"shein","provider_name":"Shein","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Own-initiative (illegal content)","field_label":"Measures (total)","note":"In practice, this category primarily covers prohibited or restricted products (e.g., legally regulated goods such as drugs/medicines, weapons/knives) and may also include certain unsafe or non-compliant products addressed under consumer/safety compliance regimes or customs- or transport-prohibited goods."},{"provider_slug":"shein","provider_name":"Shein","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Own-initiative (terms of service)","field_label":"Measures (total)","note":"As a result of enhancements to our product listing review and enforcement processes, we are reporting a higher volume of content moderation of our own initiative than in the prior reporting period. Furthermore, our own-initiative content moderation figures do not reflect the temporary suspension of the French 3P marketplace, which was a business and operational decision affecting service availability, not a measure taken on the basis of any specific listing’s content."},{"provider_slug":"snapchat","provider_name":"Snapchat","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Article 16 notices","field_label":"Actions on the basis of law","note":"When reviewing Article 16 notices, we first evaluate content against our Community Guidelines and relevant policies. If it violates our policies – which we find cover the vast majority of potentially illegal content reported to Snap through the Article 16 process – we record the enforcement as a Terms and Conditions violation, which carries at least commensurate, or in some cases stricter, enforcement consequences as enforcement for violation of local laws. We only categorise an action as taken on the basis of law if the content is not deemed to violate our policies, but we determine that it violates applicable local law."},{"provider_slug":"snapchat","provider_name":"Snapchat","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Article 16 notices","field_label":"Items in notices","note":"Figures for Trusted Flaggers reflect the item count selected by the flagger at submission in the intake form, with a minimum of one item per notice.  For Article 16 user notices, where the intake form did not capture quantitative item inputs, Snap applies a default of one item per notice."},{"provider_slug":"snapchat","provider_name":"Snapchat","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Article 16 notices","field_label":"Items in notices (Trusted Flaggers)","note":"Figures for Trusted Flaggers reflect the item count selected by the flagger at submission in the intake form, with a minimum of one item per notice."},{"provider_slug":"snapchat","provider_name":"Snapchat","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Article 16 notices","field_label":"Median time to action","note":"The median times reported here include both Article 16 notices where an enforcement ultimately resulted and Article 16 notices where no enforcement resulted (with the end time calculated as being when our safety team concluded that no further action was needed on the notice)."},{"provider_slug":"snapchat","provider_name":"Snapchat","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Article 16 notices","field_label":"Notices received","note":"Article 16 figures reflect notices from Snap’s dedicated Article 16 forms, (originating from in-app and Support Site reports) including from Trusted Flaggers. EU user reports of Community Guidelines violations, previously included here, have been reclassified to the \"own initiative\" fields to align with the DSA template. \n\nSnap classified the reported category of illegal content in notices via a combination of human and automated review based on the description the user provided in the notice, if any.  During H2 2025, notifiers were not required to self-designate a DSA category of illegal content in their notice.  Beginning in H1 2026, we have updated our dedicated Article 16 notice channel to ask notifiers to designate the applicable alleged category of illegal content."},{"provider_slug":"snapchat","provider_name":"Snapchat","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Complaints, appeals & disputes","field_label":"Complaint regarding a decision not to take action on a notice submitted by a Trusted Flagger in accordance with Article 16","note":"As described above with respect to all Article 16 notices, Snap does not currently offer appeals to Trusted Flaggers who disagree with Snap's decision not to take action against content, but such Trusted Flaggers may choose to submit a new report."},{"provider_slug":"snapchat","provider_name":"Snapchat","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Complaints, appeals & disputes","field_label":"Complaint regarding a decision not to take action on a notice submitted in accordance with Article 16","note":"In accordance with the agreement reached with the Commission in 2023 when the DSA came into force, Snap does not typically offer appeal options for content removal decisions taken with respect to short duration content. In most of these cases, the content that was notified to Snap will naturally no longer be disseminated to the public as a result of our retention policies even if a decision not to remove the content was incorrect. As a result, we do not currently offer appeals to Article 16 reporters, and those who disagree with the decision not to take action against content can choose to submit additional reports for further consideration."},{"provider_slug":"snapchat","provider_name":"Snapchat","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Complaints, appeals & disputes","field_label":"Complaint regarding a decision to suspend or terminate an account","note":"The total number of complaints does not sum up to the number of decisions upheld and reversed because it includes some complaints submitted but not yet resolved at the time the data for this report was prepared."},{"provider_slug":"snapchat","provider_name":"Snapchat","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Complaints, appeals & disputes","field_label":"Number of complaints submitted to the internal-complaints mechanism","note":"Users whose accounts are locked by our safety teams for Community Guidelines violations can submit a locked account appeal. Users can also appeal certain content moderation decisions.  Note that the total number of complaints does not sum up to the number of decisions upheld and reversed because it includes some complaints submitted but not yet resolved at the time the data for this report was prepared."},{"provider_slug":"snapchat","provider_name":"Snapchat","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Complaints, appeals & disputes","field_label":"Number of disputes submitted to out-of-court dispute settlement bodies","note":"Snap requests that ODS bodies report their internal case initiation dates to us.  However, those bodies did not uniformly provide such information in this reporting period.  Going forward, Snap has implemented an intake form requiring ODS bodies to report their internal case initiation dates.  For this reporting cycle, to ensure data consistency, Snap has calculated the median time, in days, needed for completing dispute settlement procedures from the date Snap receives a complaint from an ODS body to the date a decision was received from the ODS body, excluding omitted decisions."},{"provider_slug":"snapchat","provider_name":"Snapchat","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Complaints, appeals & disputes","field_label":"Number of disputes submitted to out-of-court dispute settlement bodies","note":"This field and the following six fields reflect the status as of 31 December 2025 of disputes or decisions reported to Snap by certified out-of-court dispute settlement bodies under DSA Article 21 during the reporting period (H2 2025). Across all metrics, we have included cases received by Snap even if they were fully or partially missing information which Snap then requested and did not receive until a later date."},{"provider_slug":"snapchat","provider_name":"Snapchat","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Complaints, appeals & disputes","field_label":"Number of disputes submitted to out-of-court dispute settlement bodies","note":"This field encompasses disputes in which Snap reversed its initial decision or otherwise resolved the dispute prior to the completion of the ODS process, and therefore did not lead an ODS decision."},{"provider_slug":"snapchat","provider_name":"Snapchat","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Complaints, appeals & disputes","field_label":"Number of disputes submitted to out-of-court dispute settlement bodies","note":"With respect to disputes in which there was an issued decision, we have only included decisions which were received during the reporting period."},{"provider_slug":"snapchat","provider_name":"Snapchat","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Complaints, appeals & disputes","field_label":"Number of suspensions enacted for the provision of manifestly illegal content","note":"Enforcements, including account terminations that prohibit users from opening a new account, are taken pursuant to our Community Guidelines, which include severe harms.  Snap does not separately track suspensions for \"manifestly illegal\" content."},{"provider_slug":"snapchat","provider_name":"Snapchat","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Government orders","field_label":"Article 10 orders received","note":"This metric comprises all requests or orders (not including emergency disclosure requests) to disclose user data from EU Member States’ authorities, including those issued in accordance with DSA Article 10. Snap's identification here of such requests or orders received from member states to provide information does not constitute agreement that such requests or orders were all legally binding on Snap or were properly issued pursuant to the DSA's requirements."},{"provider_slug":"snapchat","provider_name":"Snapchat","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Government orders","field_label":"Article 10: median time to give effect","note":"This metric reflects the time period from when Snap received an order to when Snap considered the matter to be fully resolved, which in individual cases may depend in part on the speed with which the relevant Member State authority responds to any requests for clarification from Snap necessary to process the order."},{"provider_slug":"snapchat","provider_name":"Snapchat","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Government orders","field_label":"Article 10: median time to inform of receipt","note":"In all cases, an automated confirmation of receipt is sent to requesting member state authorities."},{"provider_slug":"snapchat","provider_name":"Snapchat","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Government orders","field_label":"Article 9 orders received","note":"Snap's identification of orders received from member states to act against illegal content does not constitute agreement that these orders were all legally binding on Snap.  In addition, Snap took action in response to these orders according to its Community Guidelines and the enforcement reason on each account may have differed from the reason identified by the member state submission. The orders identified here are classified by the reason identified by the order, not by the ultimate enforcement reason."},{"provider_slug":"snapchat","provider_name":"Snapchat","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Government orders","field_label":"Article 9: items in orders","note":"Where an order directed the removal of an entire account, that account was counted as one item here."},{"provider_slug":"snapchat","provider_name":"Snapchat","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Government orders","field_label":"Article 9: median time to give effect","note":"Please note: throughout this report and except where otherwise specifically noted, where a median time of 0 hours is reported, that figure indicates a median time of between 0 and 29 minutes. These numbers have been rounded down in order to report in integer numbers. Median times of 30 minutes to 59 minutes are rounded up to 1 hour."},{"provider_slug":"snapchat","provider_name":"Snapchat","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Government orders","field_label":"Article 9: median time to inform of receipt","note":"In all cases, an automated confirmation of receipt was sent to the submitting member state authority or the submitting authority was able to review the submitted status of its report immediately in our law enforcement portal."},{"provider_slug":"snapchat","provider_name":"Snapchat","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Own-initiative (illegal content)","field_label":"Measures (total)","note":"All measures taken by Snap on its own initiative were on the basis of violations of its Terms and Conditions."},{"provider_slug":"snapchat","provider_name":"Snapchat","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Own-initiative (terms of service)","field_label":"Account restriction: suspension","note":"Not applicable. When a violation warrants suspension or termination of an account's service based on Snap's policies, Snap typically enforces this through locking the account (i.e. disabling it) and later terminating it, which prevents further access to the account"},{"provider_slug":"snapchat","provider_name":"Snapchat","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Own-initiative (terms of service)","field_label":"Account restriction: termination","note":"This field captures \"Account Locks,\" which prevent access to the service."},{"provider_slug":"snapchat","provider_name":"Snapchat","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Own-initiative (terms of service)","field_label":"Measures (total)","note":"The total enforcements reported in this column exceed the sum of the subcategories in columns H through U because the total includes enforcement actions that fall outside the template's predefined categories, such as warnings issued without content removal. Please refer to Tab 11 (Qualitative) for an overview of the enforcements included under Snap's own initiative."},{"provider_slug":"snapchat","provider_name":"Snapchat","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Own-initiative (terms of service)","field_label":"Measures solely automated","note":"Snap interprets this metric to include only end-to-end automated actions: content that was proactively detected by automated systems and subsequently restricted by automated means."},{"provider_slug":"snapchat","provider_name":"Snapchat","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Own-initiative (terms of service)","field_label":"Service restriction: suspension","note":"Not applicable. When a violation warrants suspension or termination of an account's service based on Snap's policies, Snap typically enforces this through locking the account (i.e. disabling it) and later terminating it, which prevents further access to the account"},{"provider_slug":"snapchat","provider_name":"Snapchat","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Own-initiative (terms of service)","field_label":"Service restriction: termination","note":"Not applicable. When a violation warrants suspension or termination of an account's service based on Snap's policies, Snap typically enforces this through locking the account (i.e. disabling it) and later terminating it, which prevents further access to the account."},{"provider_slug":"snapchat","provider_name":"Snapchat","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Own-initiative (terms of service)","field_label":"Visibility restriction: age-restrict","note":"Age-restricted visibility restrictions may also apply to newly created accounts, regardless of user age, as a safety precaution."},{"provider_slug":"snapchat","provider_name":"Snapchat","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Own-initiative (terms of service)","field_label":"Visibility restriction: demote","note":"Snap does not \"demote\" content in the EU based on violations of its Content Guidelines for Recommendation Eligibility; instead, content on public surfaces that violates those guidelines will not be recommended to all users or to some subset of users, as reflected in the other visibility restriction columns."},{"provider_slug":"snapchat","provider_name":"Snapchat","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Own-initiative (terms of service)","field_label":"Visibility restriction: other","note":"We have reported on measures applied to reduce the visibility of content that does not violate our Community Guidelines but falls below quality thresholds for broad recommendation. This primarily includes unoriginal, aggregated content and content identified as low-quality or spam-like."},{"provider_slug":"temu","provider_name":"Temu","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Complaints, appeals & disputes","field_label":"Number of disputes submitted to out-of-court dispute settlement bodies","note":"Note that we did not include the disputes that were submitted to a certified out-of-court dispute settlement body but that the relevant body found inadmissible or ineligible. We cannot confirm the number of such disputes because some, but not all, certified bodies send notifications to us. However, we are aware of 12 cases falling under this category in the reporting period."},{"provider_slug":"temu","provider_name":"Temu","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Complaints, appeals & disputes","field_label":"Number of suspensions enacted for the provision of manifestly illegal content","note":"Note that parallel to the assessment of manifestly illegal content, we may impose permanent suspension or termination of service on repeat and severe offenders through our escalating penalty system. The number of restrictive measures falling under this category in the reporting period is 2,444."},{"provider_slug":"temu","provider_name":"Temu","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Government orders","field_label":"Article 10: median time to give effect","note":"The median time represents the duration between receipt of an order and the submission of the requested information to the authority, including the time required to complete our internal approval process, which may extend the overall timeframe."},{"provider_slug":"temu","provider_name":"Temu","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Government orders","field_label":"Article 9 orders received","note":"This subcategory covers information disclosure deficits, including labeling errors, missing safety warnings, and non-compliance with EU Rep or manufacturer information requirements under the GPSR."},{"provider_slug":"temu","provider_name":"Temu","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Government orders","field_label":"Article 9: items in orders","note":"To ensure methodological consistency across the Transparency Report, the number of specific items at the total level has been de-duplicated and reflects the number of unique specific items concerned.\nThe breakdown by Member State and category is intended to reflect regulatory interactions and the corresponding workload. As the same specific item may be subject to orders issued by multiple Member States, de-duplication is not applied at these breakdown levels."},{"provider_slug":"temu","provider_name":"Temu","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Government orders","field_label":"Article 9: median time to give effect","note":"The median time reflects the period between receipt of an order and the corresponding action taken. Upon receipt, each order is promptly communicated internally to initiate the investigation and implement the necessary measures against illegal content. As acknowledgments of receipt are issued manually, the time required to implement the order may, in practice, be shorter than the median time recorded for informing the authority of the receipt of the order.\nResponse times to give effect may vary due to specific circumstances. For instance, orders received during holiday periods may entail longer timelines, and complex cases generally require more time than straightforward ones. Notwithstanding these variations, our objective remains to respond to the authority with the utmost promptness and thoroughness."},{"provider_slug":"temu","provider_name":"Temu","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Government orders","field_label":"Article 9: median time to inform of receipt","note":"Acknowledgments of receipt are sent manually by our staff, rather than through automated replies, ensuring that each order is processed appropriately and in a timely manner."},{"provider_slug":"temu","provider_name":"Temu","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Human resources","field_label":"Number of external moderators contracted by the provider","note":"The number of external moderators refers to those whose primary/whole responsibility is content moderation on Temu. Individuals whose main roles are in other functions¡ªsuch as product management or technology¡ªthat support content moderation are not included.\nThis figure is reported in FTE, in accordance with the Commission¡¯s Instructions. The variance compared to the previous reporting cycle reflects methodological alignment with the reporting instructions and automation efficiency improvements, rather than a reduction in moderation capacity. For reference, the corresponding headcount of external moderators during the current reporting period was 4,545."},{"provider_slug":"temu","provider_name":"Temu","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Human resources","field_label":"Number of internal moderators employed by the provider","note":"The number of internal moderators refers to employees whose primary/whole responsibility is content moderation on Temu. Employees whose main roles are in other functions¡ªsuch as product management, technology, legal & compliance¡ªthat support content moderation are not included."},{"provider_slug":"temu","provider_name":"Temu","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Own-initiative (terms of service)","field_label":"Measures (total)","note":"In the second half of 2025, the increase in proactive enforcement actions primarily reflects our enhanced detection capabilities and proactive systemic risk mitigation. A key driver of this trend was the expanded base of trader registrations and the higher volume of product submissions, which naturally raised the baseline volume of moderated items. Concurrently, we progressively strengthened our content moderation standards and enforcement mechanisms. This involved more rigorous reviews and expanded coverage across several areas, including illegal and prohibited goods, product conformity and traceability requirements, and IP infringement.In the second half of 2025, the increase in proactive enforcement actions primarily reflects our enhanced detection capabilities and proactive systemic risk mitigation. A key driver of this trend was the expanded base of trader registrations and the higher volume of product submissions, which naturally raised the baseline volume of moderated items. Concurrently, we progressively strengthened our content moderation standards and enforcement mechanisms. This involved more rigorous reviews and expanded coverage across several areas, including illegal and prohibited goods, product conformity and traceability requirements, and IP infringement."},{"provider_slug":"temu","provider_name":"Temu","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Own-initiative (terms of service)","field_label":"Measures (total)","note":"This subcategory covers information disclosure deficits, including labeling errors, missing safety warnings, and non-compliance with EU Rep or manufacturer information requirements under the GPSR."},{"provider_slug":"temu","provider_name":"Temu","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Own-initiative (terms of service)","field_label":"Measures (total)","note":"This subcategory covers informational compliance issues,  including discrepancies between the provided product information and the physical item."},{"provider_slug":"temu","provider_name":"Temu","period_label":"2025-h2","basis":"Own-initiative (terms of service)","field_label":"Measures 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