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India continues to be second highest requestor for user data from Facebook

India made 26,698 requests for user data from Facebook in the six months ended December 2019, a marginal increase from the 22,684 requests it made in the first half of year.

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Of the total requests made by India, Facebook produced some data for 15,206 accounts. Photo: Shutterstock

Neha Alawadhi New Delhi
India continues to be the second highest requestor for user data from Facebook, according to its bi-annual Transparency Report, which revealed government requests for user data in the second half of 2019. 

"Of the total volume, the US continues to submit the largest number of requests, followed by India, the UK, Germany and France," said Chris Sonderby, VP & Deputy General Counsel at Facebook in a Newsroom post on Tuesday. 

India made 26,698 requests for user data from Facebook in the six months ended December 2019, a marginal increase from the 22,684 requests it made in the first half of