The Indian Government Sends Facebook More Data Requests Than Ever: Facebook

In the first half of 2018, the Indian government has sent Facebook up to 16,580 data requests which are much larger than those in the whole 2016 and 2017. The information was revealed by Facebook itself.

According to Facebook records, the firm got 13,613 data requests from the Indian government in 2016 and 22,024 in 2017. However, the number has risen sharply in the first six months of 2018.

Facebook’s transparency report stated that up to 53% of the requests were provided to the government and the type of data hasn’t been defined.

Pursuant to applicable law and its terms of service, Facebook must be responsible for providing data requests for the government if necessary.

As per the Indian government, the firm has met half of 15,963 requests relating to “legal process”, 617 emergency ones and 23,047 requests from users. More exactly, it ranges from about 53%.

Through the statistics in its records, Facebook realized that there was a steep rise in data requests, approximately 62% over the global level of 30% when it comes to the 2017 – 2018 period.

In addition to the Indian government, other government agencies in the world haven’t stopped requesting data from Facebook. If the number in the last 6 months of 2017 was 82,341 requests, that in the first 6 months of 2018 increased by 21,474 ones to 103,815 ones.

There is a rise of 30% in the US government requests; of which, Facebook was not allowed to notify 56% of those users due to a non-disclosure order.

The Facebook services’ detected disruptions in 8 countries in the first 6 months of 2018 reportedly included 48 cases, 2 more than those in 12 countries in the last 6 months of 2017.