iOS app legal violation removal requests by region 2021

During the second half of 2021, the Apple App Store received 69 legal violation takedown requests from government agencies worldwide. During the same period, Apple received 55 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 Russia, as well as two app removal requests from authorities in Brazil.

Number of mobile app removal requests received by the Apple App Store for legal violations in 2nd half 2021, by region

Characteristic	Number of legal violation takedown requests received
China	55
Russia	6
Brazil	2
Pakistan	2
Taiwan	2
India	1
Türkiye	1
Worldwide	69

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December 2022

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Worldwide

Survey time period

H2 2021

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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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