Twitter, Google Shed Light on Their Responses to Law Enforcement Requests for User Data

Google and Twitter released information on the requests they received from law enforcement officials in the second half of 2012, with both companies facing more such demands.

Google and Twitter released information on the requests they received from law enforcement officials in the second half of 2012, with both companies facing more such demands.

In the second half of the year, Google saw total international requests for user data rise by 60 percent to 33,634. In its second transparency report, Twitter reported an 18 percent increase in the number of requests, from 849 in the first half of the year to just over 1,000 in the second half.

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