Twitter Transparency Report: Government Requests On The Rise

Last week, Twitter released the latest version of its transparency report. The report gives the public insight into the number of requests that Twitter receives from governments and copyright holders – and the second half of 2013 saw a surge in the number of requests.

The transparency report is divided into account information requests from governments, content removal requests from governments, and DMCA takedown and copyright notices. Across the board, Twitter saw an increase in requests.

Twitter notes that account information requests are usually in relation to criminal investigations, and that a total of 46 countries (10 more than the last report) have sent requests.

Compared to six months ago, Twitter has seen a jump in requests by 22 percent, which the company hypothesizes may be due to its increased international exposure.