Facebook Says Governments Are Making More Requests for User Data

 

By James Eng

Governments around the world are increasingly asking Facebook to cough up personal data on its users.

The social media giant said Wednesday that government requests for account data increased by 18 percent in the first half of 2015 over the same period last year, from 35,051 requests to 41,214.

Countries are also clamping down on more Facebook content. Facebook said the amount of content restricted for violating local law more than doubled over the second half of 2014. 

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Source: NBC News