Facebook gives 31 users� info to govt
UNB
Popular social networking site, Facebook, has for the first time responded to requests of Bangladesh government providing users information, reports UNB. The Facebook authorities provided some data related to 16.67 per cent of requests made by the government between July and December 2015, according to its latest Global Government Request Report released by the site on Thursday.
As per the report, the Bangladesh government made 12 requests seeking information over 31 Facebook users in the second half of 2015.
We respond to valid requests relating to criminal cases. Each and every request we receive is checked for legal sufficiency and we reject or require greater specificity on requests that are overly broad or vague, the report said.
The site also restricted four contents following requests made by the Bangladesh government. We restricted access to pieces of content alleged to have violated local law regarding blasphemy, pursuant to a request from the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission, the report stated.
Earlier the Bangladesh government made 16 requests seeking information of 37 users from January 2013 to June 2015, but the Facebook authorities did not respond to any of the requests.
