Indian govt sent 40K+ user data access requests to Facebook in H2 2020
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Facebook received 37,865 legal process requests from the government of India, in the six-month period from July to December 2020. According to the company’s latest transparency report, the government sought information on 62,754 user accounts, out of which information on 2,435 accounts was sought in emergency. The company further added that data was produced to the government in 52% of the total requests.