Facebook: Government Content-Restriction Requests Soar in Second Half of 2015

Facebook received 55,827 requests from governments to restrict content that violated local laws in the second half of 2015, up a staggering 271.4 percent from 20,568 in the first half of 2015.

Facebook received 55,827 requests from governments to restrict content that violated local laws in the second half of 2015, up a staggering 271.4 percent from 20,568 in the first half of 2015.

The social network also said in its Global Government Requests Report for July through December 2015 that government requests for account data rose 13 percent, to 46,763 in the second half of 2015 from 41,214 in the first half.

The top 10 countries in terms of requests for content restrictions were:

  1. France, 37,695
  2. India, 14,971
  3. Turkey, 2,078
  4. Germany, 366
  5. Israel, 236
  6. Austria, 231
  7. U.K.,
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