# Google Faces Request to Remove Over 10 Billion 'Pirate' Links! 🚫

**URL:** <https://onehack.st/t/google-faces-request-to-remove-over-10-billion-pirate-links/295282>\
**Category:** News & Articles\
**Tags:** tools, piracy\
**Created:** [November 7, 2024, 3:28pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/google-faces-request-to-remove-over-10-billion-pirate-links/295282 "2024-11-07T15:28:22Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 7, 2024, 3:28pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/google-faces-request-to-remove-over-10-billion-pirate-links/295282/1 "2024-11-07T15:28:22Z")

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**Summary:**

1. **Massive Takedown Request**  
Rightsholders have requested Google to remove more than **10 billion** URLs identified as ‘copyright infringing’ from its search results.

2. **Historical Context**  
The request reflects significant growth in DMCA takedown notices over time, which started at a few million annually and surged to billions by **2016**.

3. **Decline in Takedown Requests**  
Following a peak, the volume of takedown requests began to decline around **2017** , aided by Google’s anti-piracy algorithms that reduced the visibility of infringing content.

4. **Recent Surge**  
Despite previous declines, Google has recently seen a record number of DMCA notices, processing around **2.5 billion** requests per year, averaging over **50 million** per week.

5. **Concentration of Reports**  
The overwhelming majority of takedown requests come from a small group of rightsholders, with the top ten accounting for **40%** of all reported links, indicating concentrated efforts in combating piracy.

**Read more at:** [TorrentFreak](https://torrentfreak.com/google-asked-to-remove-10-billion-pirate-search-results-241105/)