Reddit has released its first-ever transparency report, following updates to its privacy policy earlier this month that indicated the company was now planning to release such a report annually.

In other words, that was quick.

"We regularly get requests from governments and law enforcement agencies for private information about our users or to remove content or subreddits; we occasionally get formal subpoenas and legal requests from individuals. These requests are usually legitimate; we push back on any that we view as overbroad or unnecessarily invasive of privacy," Reddit said in a Thursday blog post.

The transparency report, which covers all of 2014, notes that Reddit refused to deliver user information for 42 percent of government and civil requests. Additionally, Reddit refused to follow 69 percent of all requests to remove content from the site.

Interestingly, Reddit only received 55 requests over the entire year; 29 were U.S. subpoenas, and Reddit disclosed some kind of user information for 17 of them. For comparison, Google received 31,698 requests in the first half of 2014, 65 percent of which resulted in Google turning over some data.

"Many government requests we receive contain demands to withhold notice from users that carry no legal weight. We actively disregard these non-binding demands. Our goal is to give users the information they need to seek legal advice before their records are disclosed. As stated in our privacy policy, we provide advance notice to affected users unless prohibited by a court order or where we decide delayed notice is appropriate based on clear criteria," reads Reddit's report.

Reddit disclosed user information for seven of the eight U.S. search warrants it received and a whopping zero of the five international requests it received. Since Reddit is U.S.-based, notes the company's report, it will not hand over any data to an international request unless directed to do so by a U.S. court.

The site also received 218 takedown requests, mostly requests regarding alleged copyright violation (176). Of these, Reddit removed content in 38 percent of all instances, or 66 requests.

"A significant percentage of the copyright takedown requests we received were for user-submitted URLs that link to content hosted on other websites. Because links do not generally infringe copyright, we exercise extra scrutiny in assessing takedowns for links," reads Reddit's report.

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