Social network site Facebook says that requests by governments for user data increased by 24 percent from the second half of 2013.
CNET reports that during the first half of the year, the social network received 15,433 requests for data in the US alone pertaining to data about 23,667 accounts, to which the company complied with data to 80.15 percent of these requests.
The latest transparency report released by Facebook on Tuesday revealed that it received 34,946 requests for data during the first six months of 2014 in the US.
Majority of the filings received were that for search warrants, which accounted for a total of 7,676 requests. Facebook responded with data to 84.35 percent of these requests.
Meanwhile, Chris Sonderby , Facebook’s deputy general counsel, stated that the company pushes “back hard” against any and all requests before giving out any data, the report said. (ANI)