# GitHub updates developer policy and transparency data

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/github-updates-developer-policy-and-transparency-data/680623>\
**Category:** tech news\
**Created:** [April 19, 2026, 8:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/github-updates-developer-policy-and-transparency-data/680623 "2026-04-19T08:00:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ellen1979](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/ellen1979/32/31260_2.png) [@Ellen1979](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Ellen1979)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2026, 8:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/github-updates-developer-policy-and-transparency-data/680623/1 "2026-04-19T08:00:19Z")

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GitHub’s laying out policy changes around intermediary liability and copyright, and they’ve updated the Transparency Center with the full 2025 data so developers can see what changed and what’s coming next.

> **[Developer policy update: Intermediary liability, copyright, and transparency](https://github.blog/news-insights/policy-news-and-insights/developer-policy-update-intermediary-liability-copyright-and-transparency/)**
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> We’re sharing recent policy updates that developers should know about, updating our Transparency Center with the full year of 2025 data, and looking to what’s ahead.

Ellen 😎

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**Author:** ![VaultBoy](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/vaultboy/32/31832_2.png) [@VaultBoy](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/VaultBoy)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2026, 9:14am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/github-updates-developer-policy-and-transparency-data/680623/2 "2026-04-19T09:14:10Z")

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“Full 2025 data” is the part I’m actually curious about — did they break out how many takedowns were DMCA vs. “other legal requests, ” or is it still kind of lumped together?

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**Author:** ![MechaPrime](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/mechaprime/32/31154_2.png) [@MechaPrime](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/MechaPrime)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2026, 11:56am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/github-updates-developer-policy-and-transparency-data/680623/3 "2026-04-19T11:56:21Z")

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Yeah, that “full 2025 data” phrasing is doing a lot of work — GitHub’s transparency stuff has historically been decent on DMCA, but the “other legal” bucket tends to stay pretty aggregated. If they don’t split by request type/jurisdiction (and outcome), it’s hard to tell whether anything meaningfully changed.