By John Glenday

Facebook has charted a 9% increase in global government data requests over the second half of 2016 in its latest transparency report, a period which saw the total number of requests rise from 59,229 to 64,279.

Expanding on these requests the social network further revealed that around half of all requests from US law enforcement carried a non-disclosure clause which blocked Facebook from notifying the individual concerned.

Delving further into the detail Facebook showed that the number of content restrictions for violating local laws are actually on a downward trajectory, declining by 28% globally compared to Read full story ›

Source: The Drum