--- title: Developer policy update: Transparency, state policy, and... description: GitHub's latest transparency report shows government takedown requests received rose from 98 in all of 2025 to 708 in the first half of 2026, a jump attributed... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/developer-policy-update-transparency-state-policy-and-what-s-ahead-eqighayak twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Developer policy update: Transparency, state policy, and what’s ahead | daily.dev og:description: GitHub's latest transparency report shows government takedown requests received rose from 98 in all of 2025 to 708 in the first half of 2026, a jump attributed... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/developer-policy-update-transparency-state-policy-and-what-s-ahead-eqighayak og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/eqighaYak.png og:image:alt: Developer policy update: Transparency, state policy, and what’s ahead og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Developer policy update: Transparency, state policy, and what’s ahead **[GitHub Blog](https://daily.dev/sources/ghblog)** · 7 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary GitHub's latest transparency report shows government takedown requests received rose from 98 in all of 2025 to 708 in the first half of 2026, a jump attributed mainly to a broader reporting methodology rather than an actual increase in content removals. The post also recaps the 2026 U.S. state legislative session, covering GitHub's engagement on California's AI Transparency Act (SB 1000, awaiting the governor's signature), the follow-up bill AB 2713 on platform definitions, and age assurance laws in California, Colorado, and Illinois that could otherwise sweep in open source tools and infrastructure. Looking ahead, GitHub flags the DMCA Section 1201 triennial rulemaking, including renewal of the security research exemption, and ongoing debates about youth access to AI tools as priorities for the open source community. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### Why did GitHub's reported number of government takedown requests jump so much in 2026? The increase from 98 requests in all of 2025 to 708 in the first half of 2026 reflects a change in reporting methodology, not a surge in actual content removals. GitHub expanded its counting to include all government takedown requests received, including duplicates about the same content, rather than only those citing local law or Terms of Service violations. Actual takedowns under local law or ToS remain relatively rare. _Developers auditing platform transparency data can follow policy shifts like this one on daily.dev._ ### Does California's AI Transparency Act SB 1000 require open source license revocation? No, the final version of SB 1000 dropped the earlier requirement that providers revoke licenses under certain circumstances, which conflicted with irrevocable open source licenses. The bill moved to a narrower notice-and-response approach and was enrolled on August 30, 2026, awaiting the California governor's signature by September 30, 2026. _Open source maintainers weighing AI transparency compliance can track bills like this via daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Developer policy update: Intermediary liability, copyright, and transparency](https://daily.dev/posts/developer-policy-update-intermediary-liability-copyright-and-transparency-2zgpniebn) · GitHub Blog · 4 upvotes · 1 comments - [GitHub & other LLM-gen-AI Companies Urge You to Misdirect California Legislature on FOSS Licensing\!](https://daily.dev/posts/github-other-llm-gen-ai-companies-urge-you-to-misdirect-california-legislature-on-foss-licensing--qw7jwljbg) · Software Freedom Conservancy · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [GitHub Copilot's policy for AI training: A governance wake-up call](https://daily.dev/posts/github-copilot-s-policy-for-ai-training-a-governance-wake-up-call-33i8ogzs0) · GitLab · 10 upvotes · 3 comments - [A year of AI disclosure in critical packages](https://daily.dev/posts/a-year-of-ai-disclosure-in-critical-packages-bu3bbrzfy) · Andrew Nesbitt · 2 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#open-source](https://daily.dev/tags/open-source), [#github](https://daily.dev/tags/github) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/developer-policy-update-transparency-state-policy-and-what-s-ahead-eqighayak) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Developer policy update: Transparency, state policy, and what’s ahead","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/developer-policy-update-transparency-state-policy-and-what-s-ahead-eqighayak","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/developer-policy-update-transparency-state-policy-and-what-s-ahead-eqighayak"},"datePublished":"2026-09-29T15:01:03.625Z","dateModified":"2026-09-29T19:20:05.296Z","description":"GitHub's latest transparency report shows government takedown requests received rose from 98 in all of 2025 to 708 in the first half of 2026, a jump attributed...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/e5571390f17b544484405a7cb22ec1b1?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/e5571390f17b544484405a7cb22ec1b1?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"GitHub Blog","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"GitHub Blog","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/106cf162b88840808484d4b5429b59b1","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/ghblog"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/developer-policy-update-transparency-state-policy-and-what-s-ahead-eqighayak","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"open-source,github","timeRequired":"PT7M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"GitHub Blog","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/ghblog"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Developer policy update: Transparency, state policy, and what’s ahead"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/developer-policy-update-transparency-state-policy-and-what-s-ahead-eqighayak#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"Why did GitHub's reported number of government takedown requests jump so much in 2026?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"The increase from 98 requests in all of 2025 to 708 in the first half of 2026 reflects a change in reporting methodology, not a surge in actual content removals. 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