Internet giant Google has said it is concerned by the increase in demands for data and page withdrawals it is receiving from governments and state agencies around the world.

Scott Rubin, its head of public policy strategy in Europe, Africa and the Middle East, has described the move as internet censorship.

Hear more in Heather Brooke's report on The World Tonight broadcast at 2200 BST weekdays on BBC Radio 4.

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