aidos systematically and continuously evaluates the official transparency notices on Google Maps — introduced under the EU Digital Services Act. Monthly surveys show how the numbers evolve over time — beyond Google's rolling 365-day notice.
Google shows only a rolling 365-day range per place. From monthly surveys we count how many of the same businesses have moved into a higher band — a change Google itself never reports.
Affected profiles and statistical index (removed reviews per location) by industry. Changes over time will appear once several monthly surveys exist — never estimated.
| Industry | Affected profiles | relative weight | Index |
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Where are reviews most frequently removed after defamation complaints? The survey is continuously being extended to more cities.
The businesses whose displayed rating benefits most from the removals — not those with the most removals: a large chain inevitably accumulates more of them without its rating moving measurably. Legal entities and larger chains only, no private individuals. Each row links to the full profile.
aidos surveys city by city and repeats each city monthly. This overview honestly shows which cities are already in the dataset — there simply are no figures from cities not yet surveyed.
| City | Profiles with removal notice |
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How the survey works is documented in the methodology. City, industry and company pages are available in both languages.