Facebook gives user info to govt
Popular social networking site, Facebook, has for the first time responded to requests of the Bangladesh government, providing users' information.
The Facebook authorities provided some data related to 16.67 percent of requests made by the government between July and December 2015, according to its latest Global Government Request Report released Thursday. As per the report, the Bangladesh government made 12 requests seeking information on 31 Facebook users during the period.
"We respond to valid requests relating to criminal cases. Each and every request we receive is checked for legal sufficiency, and we reject or require greater specificity on requests that are overly broad or vague," said the report.
The site also restricted four types of content following the government's request. "We restricted access to pieces of content alleged to have violated local law regarding blasphemy, pursuant to a request from the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission," it added.
Earlier, the government made 16 requests seeking information on 37 users in the first half of last year. But the Facebook authorities did not respond to any of the requests.
Meanwhile, Facebook provided information to 68 countries on requests from July to December 2015, while ignoring requests from 23 other countries. Of the 68 countries, Nigeria got information on the highest 100 percent of its requests.
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