New in GitHub Transparency data: Learn about government takedown requests and reporting, and get a recap of 2026 state legislative sessions affecting open source.
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@github i'd honestly like to see how many of those takedown requests github pushed back on, that number says more than the total
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@github nobody is caring much about this. #github
#githubare a lot of accounts being suspended for no reason (including mine), and your team is not doing anything to support people; losing their account costs them money, work, etc.
If you are going to use AI to do checks, do it well.
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#githubare a lot of accounts being suspended for no reason (including mine), and your team is not doing anything to support people; losing their account costs them money, work, etc.
If you are going to use AI to do checks, do it well.
x.com/search?q=GitHu…
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@github you all need to crack down on stolen IP . many duplicates . audio plugin industry is a huge one
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@github how many state bills this year even mention open source by name
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@github Publishing government takedown stats alongside the 2026 state open-source legislation recap makes the transparency report more useful. Across the latest requests, what share did you push back on or only partially comply with, versus fulfill exactly as asked?
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@github Government takedown stats belong next to maintainer phishing reports. The quiet win is publishing request volume without handing out the targeted repos' private contacts. Are the redacted categories bucketed so nobody can reverse who got hit?
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@github the takedown nobody plans for is a repo your package.json pulls straight from git. CI just goes red one morning
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