Social networking platform Facebook has provided information to Bangladesh government about users for the first time.
Facebook’s “Global Government Requests Report” shows the Bangladesh government made 12 requests about 31 users’ accounts in between July and December last year.
According to the report, Facebook provided 16.67% information to the Bangladesh government
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“We restricted access to four pieces of content alleged to violate local law regarding blasphemy, pursuant to a request from the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission,” says the report.
This is the first time Facebook provided any data to Bangladesh government since introducing the report in 2013.
United States topped the list of data seekers, making 19,235 requests from 30,041 accounts in the second half of 2015. India and the UK secured the second and third position, with requests for data about 5,561 and 4,190 users/accounts respectively.
In its report Facebook provided country-wise statistics of government requests and its responses. The report is one of the chief indicators of government interest in the company’s data.
Source: Dhaka Tribune