By Ishbel Macleod

Facebook has revealed that government requests for user data in the first half of the year has increased by 24 per cent, compared to the same period in 2013.

Announcing the figures in a blog, Facebook also revealed that the amount of Facebook content restricted because of local laws also rose about 19 per cent in the same period.

Said Chris Sonderby, Facebook deputy general counsel: “As we’ve said before, we scrutinise every government request we receive for legal sufficiency under our terms and the strict letter of the law, and push back hard when we find deficiencies or are served with Read full story ›

Source: The Drum