GitHub releases its 2025 Transparency Report, with 47,228 removed projects, a record high

GitHub released its 2025 transparency report, showing that both DMCA-related takedown requests and the number of removed repositories hit record highs.

Over the year, 2,661 requests led to the removal of 47,228 projects, while anti-circumvention notices also rose to 645.

The figures highlight the growing scale of platform enforcement around copyright issues.

They also put renewed focus on the boundary between neutral developer infrastructure and legal liability.