The UK government and police have requested removal of 124 videos and advertisements in 2012.

According to a new Transparency Report by the internet giant, majority of requests involved the removal of YouTube videos that were believed to violate national security and hate speech laws, while Google rejected about half of the requests.

The number of requests excludes court orders for offence and copyright infringement.

During the initial six months of 2012, the number of requests for the removal rose by 98% compared with the corresponding period in 2011.

Google said in its report that it received a request from a Member of Parliament to remove a blog post for suggesting that he advised businesses while serving in government.

"We were not in a position to adjudicate on the facts so, with the MP’s consent, we passed the complaint on to the blogger. The content came down although we did not remove it," Google said.

"We received a request from a local law enforcement agency to remove a YouTube video that allegedly defamed them by artificially portraying a member of the agency in a racist uniform. We did not remove the video."

In addition Google rejected to remove the video considered to be critical of police practices.