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Twitter Reveals US Government Makes 80% of Info Requests
Submitted by Persona non grata on Mon, 2013-02-04 00:00
Twitter has released its second transparency report, which demonstrated a frightening increase in requests for user data by the US government and ignited serious concerns over privacy and free expression. The list disclosed data requests from over 30 nations, and revealed that the US government was responsible for 815 of the 1,009 information requests in the second half of 2012 – just over 80 percent of all inquiries.
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