Facebook is finally going to fall neat . Or well , as sporty as the government will allow it to . Like Google ’s Transparency Report and like similar reports given by Microsoft and Twitter , Facebook is releasing its data point on the amount of government requests it receives . Of of course , the figure are totally unspecific but that ’s not precisely Facebook ’s fault , it comes with the territory .
Ted Ullyot , Facebook ’s General Counsel , wrote a post detailing Facebook ’s affaire in giving government datum and how it has work with the government so as to deliver transparency reports on all US national security related requests ( that let in FISA and National Security Letters ) . That ’s something that no other technical school company ’s transparency report has ever done yet , according to Facebook . Ullyot writes :
For the six months ending December 31 , 2012 , the total turn of user - data point postulation Facebook received from any and all government entity in the U.S. ( including local , state , and federal , and including criminal and internal security - related petition ) – was between 9,000 and 10,000 . These asking launch the gamut – from thing like a local sheriff try on to notice a missing child , to a federal marshal dog a fugitive , to a police department investigating an assault , to a interior security official inquire a terrorist threat . The full issue of Facebook user account for which data was requested pursuant to the entirety of those 9 - 10 thousand asking was between 18,000 and 19,000 accounts .
Previously , FISA court orders were confidential . Facebook , Google and others have been hoping to change thatso they could publish data about all the secret national security system requests they take in . It looks like Facebook was able to convince the government to allow it to , we ’re indisputable other companies will follow suit . [ Facebook ]
https://gizmodo.com/google-to-government-let-us-publish-national-security-512647113
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