Government requests for Facebook user data increases by 7 per cent worldwide, US and India top list 

Government requests for Facebook user data increased globally by seven per cent in second half of 2018 with India being on second spot after US in list of nations asking social networking giant to divulge details, a top executive of company has said.

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Guy Rosen, Facebook VP of Integrity, said that in second half of 2018, government requests for user data increased globally by seven per cent from 103,815 to 110,634.

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"This increase reflects rmal growth for second half as compared to previous reporting periods," he said in a statement on company's website.

Of total volume, US continues to submit highest number of requests, followed by India, UK, Germany and France, Rosen said.

He said that during second half of 2018, volume of content restrictions based on local law increased globally by 135 per cent from 15,337 to 35,972.

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"This increase was primarily driven by 16,600 items we restricted in India based on a Delhi High Court order regarding claims me about PepsiCo products," he said.

"We've ded a new breakout of content restrictions by product - Facebook and Instagram - and ir content s - like Ps, profiles and comments - for each platform," top executive said.

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report also monitors and reports on identified, temporary internet disruptions that impact availability of Facebook products.

"In second half of 2018, we identified 53 disruptions of Facebook services in nine countries, compared to 48 disruptions in eight countries in first half of 2018. This half, India accounted for 85 per cent of total new global disruptions," Rosen ded.

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