* 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.

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.

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

Note: The metrics above relate to valid legal orders received from governmental authorities, which require Snap to remove  content and / or account(s) from the platform 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.

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

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