iOS app legal violation removal requests by country 2020

During the second half of 2020, the Apple App Store received 39 legal violation takedown requests from government agencies worldwide. During the same period, Apple received 26 removal requests for apps available on the Apple App Store in China. The company received an additional six takedown requests for mobile iOS apps available in India, as well as two app removal requests from authorities in Germany.

Number of mobile app removal requests received by the Apple App Store for legal violations in 2nd half 2020, by country

Characteristic	Number of legal violation takedown requests received
China	26
Germany	2
India	6
Kuwait	1
Portugal	1
Russia	1
United Arab Emirates	1
Vietnam	1
Worldwide	39

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November 2021

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Worldwide

Survey time period

H2 2020

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According to the source: "The number of requests received from a government agency seeking to take down a third party application offered on the App Store related to alleged/suspected legal violations. We count each individual request received from each country or region and report the total number of requests received by country or region."

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