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Govt requests for Facebook user data up 9.5% globally in July-Dec 2019 India 2nd in tally, US attains top spot

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Government requests for Facebook user data increased globally by 9.5 percent in the July-December 2019 period with the second highest number of requests coming from India, after the US. According to Facebook's latest transparency report, a total of 26,698 requests were made by India in the said period for 39,664 users or accounts. The highest number of requests came from the US with 51,121 requests for 82,321 users.