Social Media Grievance: Year- and Month-wise Number of Reports Received and Action Taken by Google

High Frequency Indicator: The dataset contains year- and month-wise compiled data from the year 2021 to till date on the number of different types of grievances (complaints) received from the users by Google and the action taken by it. The data compiled is based on the monthly transparency reports published by Google in accordance with Rule 4(1)(d) of the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 (IT Rules, 2021). The types of grievances received by Google include Defamation, trademark, counterfeit, court order, Graphic sexual content, impersonation etc., and the action taken includes number of removals actions taken based on the grievances received Notes: 1. Number of complaints and reasons received includes complaints related to third-party content which is believed to violate local laws or personal rights on Google's Significant Social Media Intermediaries (SSMI) platforms, alleged infringement of intellectual property rights, violation of local laws prohibiting types of content on grounds such as defamation 2. For the purpose of removal actions, each unique URL in a specific complaint is considered an individual item.