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The chart shows the number of accounts suspended by Twitter due to Twitter policy violations. The data shows 23% increase of the number of accounts suspended in the period January-June 2021 compared to the previous period, and 34% increase compared to the same period of the preivous year.

The chart shows the amount of content removed by Twitter due to Twitter policy violations. The data shows 32% increase of the amount of content removed in the period January-June 2021 compared to the previous period, and it is three times higher compared to the same period of the previous year.

The chart shows the number of Twitter accounts suspended due to Twitter policy violations, by type of rule, during the period July 2018 until June 2021. The data shows that the main reason of account's suspension is the child sexual exploatation content, followed by hateful conduct and impersonation contents.

The chart presents the amount of illicit pesticides seized by the European Union authorities, during the Operation Silver Axe, over the period 2015 - 2021, based on the results of the report "Intellectual Property Crime: Threat Assessment 2022," published in March 2022 by EUIPO and Europol. The data shows that during the six editions of Operation Silver Axe 3,771 tonnes of illegal pesticides were seized, out of which 2,549 tones were seized in the last two editions (2020 and 2021).

The chart presents the estimated value of the counterfeit items detained by the European Union authorities over the period 2017 - 2020, based on the results of the report "Intellectual Property Crime: Threat Assessment 2022," published in March 2022 by EUIPO and Europol. The data shows that the estimated value of the counterfeit items seized decreased by almost 19%, from almost 2.5 billion euros in 2019 to 2 billion euros in 2020.

The chart presents the number of counterfeit items detained by the European Union authorities over the period 2017 - 2020, based on the results of the report "Intellectual Property Crime: Threat Assessment 2022," published in March 2022 by EUIPO and Europol. The data shows that, in 2020, approximately 66 million counterfeit items were seized by authorities in the EU, with 69.7% of them seized in the EU internal market and 30.3% at the EU borders. Compared to 2019, the volume of counterfeit items detained in 2020 declined by 13%.

The chart presents the distribution of the countries of provenience for the counterfeit items detained at the European Union external border in 2020, by the value of seizures, based on the results of the report "Intellectual Property Crime: Threat Assessment 2022," published in March 2022 by EUIPO and Europol. The data shows that China (including Hong Kong) was the main country of origin for IPR-infringing goods seized at the EU’s external border, followed by Turkey and Singapore.

The chart presents the distribution of the countries of provenience for the counterfeit items seized at the European Union external border in 2020, by number of articles detained, based on the results of the report "Intellectual Property Crime: Threat Assessment 2022," published in March 2022 by EUIPO and Europol. The data shows that China (including Hong Kong) was the main country of origin for IPR-infringing goods seized at the EU’s external border, followed by Greece and Turkey.

The chart shows the trend of the share of notifications reviewed within 24 hours by the tech companies over the period December 2016 - Octomber 2021, based on the data reported by social media platforms participating in the European Commission's Code of conduct. In 2021, Jeuxvideo.com assessed all notifications in less than 24h, while YouTube did so for 88.8% and Facebook for 81.5%. Among the platforms participating in the Code of conduct, Instagram has the lowest rate of review (62.4%). On average, the rate of review of companies remain high (81%), but shows a slight decline compared to 2020 (90.4%).

The chart presents the key performance indicators for monitoring the implementation of the Product Safety Pledge, over the period 2018 - 2020. The KPIs for the periods represent the arithmetic average of the percentages provided by the four signatories, they do not represent the weighted average according to the number of products reported. The method is valid for periods October 2018 - March 2019 and April 2019 - September 2019. For the period October 2019 - May 2020, a different method of calculus was used for KPIs, making the latest values not comparable with the previous values reported.