Governments Requested Information On 38,000 Facebook Users In The First Half Of 2013

Facebook received about 38,000 data requests from government agents in 71 countries in the first half of 2013, according to the company's first Global Government Requests Report, which it published today. The report comprises both criminal and national security requests made in the first six months of the year, with half of those requests coming from the United States. Facebook says the "vast majority" of requests were for criminal cases, like robberies and kidnappings. In some cases, government data requests were asking for basic subscriber information, which includes details like name and length of service; in other cases, officials also sought IP address logs or the actual contents of accounts. As Colin Stretch, Facebook's general counsel, says in the report:Read Full Story Continue reading at 'Fast Company'

[ Fast Company | 2013-08-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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