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Government Requests and Intellectual Property Takedown Notices

July 1, 2024 – December 31, 2024

Government Requests

A critical part of our work to make Snapchat safer is cooperating with law enforcement and government agencies to fulfill valid requests for information to assist in investigations. We also work to proactively escalate any situations that could involve imminent threats to life or bodily harm.

Although content on Snapchat generally deletes by default after a period, we work to preserve data and provide account information to government agencies in accordance with applicable law. Once we have received and established the validity of a legal request for Snapchat account records — which is important in verifying the request is being made by a legitimate law enforcement or government agency and not a bad actor — we respond in compliance with applicable law and privacy requirements.

The charts below detail the types of requests we support from law enforcement and government agencies, including subpoenas and summons, court orders, search warrants, and emergency disclosure requests.

The percentage of requests for which some data was produced is calculated as of the publication date, based on requests received within the reporting period. In infrequent situations where a request was determined to contain a deficiency — leading Snap not to produce data — and law enforcement later submitted an amended, valid request after publication of the transparency report, the later production of data would not be reflected in the original or subsequent reporting periods.


United States Government Information Requests

This section relates to requests for user information from U.S. government entities, broken down by the types of requests we support.

Category

Requests

Accounts Specified

Percentage of requests where some data was produced

Total

24,246

40,251

80.70%

Subpoena/Summons

5,877

12,571

82.00%

PRTT

368

410

83.40%

Court Order

500

1,696

83.60%

Search Warrant

14,293

21,649

82.20%

Emergency Disclosure Requests

3,196

3,906

70.70%

Wiretap

12

19

100.00%

International Government Information Requests

This section relates to requests for user information from government entities outside the United States.

Country

Emergency Disclosure Requests (EDRs)

Accounts Specified* for EDRs

Percentage of EDRs where some data was produced

Other Information Requests

Accounts Specified* for Other Information Requests

Percentage of Other Information Requests where some data was produced

Argentina

1

1

0.00%

11

16

0.00%

Australia

200

267

58.50%

1148

1723

80.20%

Austria

25

33

52.00%

202

425

56.90%

Bangladesh

0

0

0.00%

1

1

0.00%

Belgium

50

61

76.00%

948

2189

81.40%

Bermuda

29

29

79.30%

0

0

0.00%

Bolivia

1

1

0.00%

0

0

0.00%

Bosnia and Herzegovina

0

0

0.00%

1

1

0.00%

Brazil

0

0

0.00%

19

27

0.00%

Bulgaria

0

0

0.00%

3

5

0.00%

Canada

1223

1395

65.60%

535

769

79.60%

Colombia

1

1

100.00%

0

0

0.00%

Costa Rica

0

0

0.00%

2

3

0.00%

Croatia

1

1

0.00%

21

125

90.50%

Cyprus

1

1

100.00%

1

1

0.00%

Czechia

1

1

100.00%

2

2

0.00%

Denmark

41

53

65.90%

486

755

93.20%

Estonia

0

0

0.00%

4

4

0.00%

Finland

32

55

68.80%

267

650

91.80%

France

309

431

54.00%

5899

8485

62.60%

French Guiana

6

9

33.30%

1

1

0.00%

Germany

728

935

66.90%

4977

7470

74.10%

Ghana

0

0

0.00%

2

2

0.00%

Greece

1

1

100.00%

11

15

9.10%

Guatemala

1

1

0.00%

0

0

0.00%

Hungary

0

0

0.00%

10

15

30.00%

India

200

281

54.50%

1067

1506

66.80%

Iraq

1

1

100.00%

1

1

0.00%

Ireland

10

13

50.00%

24

34

8.30%

Israel

2

2

100.00%

52

84

94.20%

Italy

2

2

50.00%

47

57

21.30%

Jamaica

1

1

100.00%

0

0

0.00%

Jersey

0

0

0.00%

0

1

0.00%

Jordan

24

27

16.70%

79

101

0.00%

Kosovo

5

5

60.00%

0

0

0.00%

Kuwait

3

5

33.30%

0

0

0.00%

Latvia

1

1

100.00%

0

0

0.00%

Lithuania

6

6

33.30%

7

33

0.00%

Luxembourg

2

2

50.00%

1

1

0.00%

Macedonia

3

7

100.00%

3

4

0.00%

Malta

0

0

0.00%

23

24

0.00%

Mexico

1

1

0.00%

3

3

0.00%

Monaco

0

0

0.00%

1

1

0.00%

Montenegro

0

0

0.00%

1

1

0.00%

Netherlands

380

625

73.90%

600

933

84.70%

New Zealand

17

24

64.70%

46

67

71.70%

Norway

170

201

74.70%

261

761

95.00%

Oman

0

0

0.00%

1

2

0.00%

Pakistan

10

12

0.00%

6

7

0.00%

Poland

26

38

50.00%

112

218

50.90%

Portugal

0

0

0.00%

7

12

0.00%

Reunion

3

3

66.70%

0

0

0.00%

Romania

0

0

0.00%

8

8

25.00%

Serbia

0

0

0.00%

15

16

0.00%

Singapore

0

0

0.00%

2

2

0.00%

Slovakia

0

0

0.00%

1

1

0.00%

Slovenia

2

2

0.00%

5

5

0.00%

South Africa

1

1

100.00%

0

0

0.00%

Spain

1

1

0.00%

38

74

47.40%

Sweden

461

681

74.40%

2061

4206

91.10%

Switzerland

72

109

61.10%

149

310

76.50%

Türkiye

2

2

100.00%

7

7

0.00%

United Arab Emirates

19

23

31.60%

4

7

0.00%

United Kingdom

1953

2245

70.10%

10392

13730

89.30%

United Republic of Tanzania

2

2

50.00%

0

0

0.00%

Uzbekistan

1

1

100.00%

0

0

0.00%

* "Accounts Specified" reflects the number of unique accounts indicated by law enforcement in legal process when requesting user information.  Thus, where multiple identifiers in a legal request identify a single account, they are counted as one “Account Specified” in the above tables. In instances where a unique account is specified in multiple requests, each request is counted as a separate "Account Specified."

Requests Pursuant To Bilateral Data Access Agreements

This section relates to requests for user information from government entities outside the United States pursuant to a Bilateral Data Access Agreement between that government and the U.S. government. In accordance with legal requirements, we disclose this data in ranges of 500.

Country

Requests

Account Identifiers

United Kingdom*

Publication delayed until July 1, 2025

Publication delayed until July 1, 2025

Australia

0-499

_**

* To the extent Snap has received requests under the Investigatory Powers Act from the United Kingdom pursuant to the US-UK Data Access Agreement, reporting on any such requests will be delayed and in accordance with the applicable requirements of that law. For more information, please see: https://www.ipco.org.uk/publications/annual-reports/

** Snap is prohibited from publishing any information regarding requests received under the US-Australia Data Access Agreement, except for the total number of requests received in this 6-month reporting period.


United States National Security Requests

This section relates to requests for user information pursuant to U.S. national security legal process. The following includes National Security Letters (NSLs) and Foreign Intelligence Surveillance (FISA) Court Orders/Directives.  We disclose this data in ranges of 250.

National Security

Requests

Account Identifiers

NSLs and FISA Orders/Directives

250-499

1000-1249

Governmental Content & Account Removal Requests

This section relates to demands by a government entity to remove content and accounts that would otherwise be permissible under our Terms of Service or Community Guidelines.

Removal Requests

% of orders resulting in content or account removal

0

N/A

Note: The metrics above relate to valid legal orders received from governmental authorities, which require Snap to take down content and / or account(s) that do(es) not violate our policies. These metrics exclude: (i) requests for the removal of content and / or account(s) that are not valid legal orders, and (ii) requests and orders targeting content and / or account(s) that we determine violate our policies.

Notices of Infringement of Intellectual Property Rights

Copyright Infringement Notices

This category reflects any valid request to remove content allegedly infringing copyright.

Copyright Infringement Notices

Percentage of requests where some content was removed

1,296

96.80%

Copyright Infringement Counter-Notices

Percentage of requests where some content was republished

36

100%

Trademark Infringement Notices

This category reflects any valid request to remove content allegedly infringing a trademark.

Trademark infringement notices

Percentage of requests where some content was removed

169

60.90%