Twitter: 5,676 Government Requests for Account Information in First Half of 2016

Twitter said it received 2 percent more government requests for account information in the first half of 2016 compared with the second half of 2015.

Twitter said it received 2 percent more government requests for account information in the first half of 2016 compared with the second half of 2015, affecting 8 percent more accounts.

The social network released its Transparency Report for the first six months of the year, and other findings included:

  • Requests came from seven new countries: Bermuda, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Jordan, Macedonia, Malta and Mongolia.
  • Since Twitter began issuing its Transparency Report in the first half of 2012, the governments of 76 countries have requested information.
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