Government requests for Facebook user data up 7%

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A top Facebook official said government demand for Facebook user data worldwide increased by 7 percent in the second half of 2018, with India ranking second after the United States in the list of countries asking the social networking giant to disclose details.

In the second half of 2018, government requests for user data worldwide increased by 103%, according to Jay Rozen, Vice President of Facebook Integrity. 815 to 110,634.

"This increase reflects the normal growth of the second half compared to the previous reporting period," he said in a statement on the company's Web site. "Of total volume, the United States continues to offer the largest number of applications, followed by India, the United Kingdom, Germany and France. In 2018, the volume of content restrictions under local law worldwide increased 135 percent from 15,377 to 35,972.

"This increase was driven primarily by the 16,600 items we restricted in India on the order of the Supreme Court in Delhi regarding claims for PepsiCo products," he added. "We also added a new breakthrough to the content-by-product and Facebook content- Pages, profiles and comments – for each platform. "

"In the second half of 2018, we identified 53 disruption of Facebook services in nine countries, compared to 48 in eight countries in the first half," the report said. Of 2018, and in this half, India accounted for 85 percent of the total new global disruptions. "

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