Facebook Turns Down Putrajaya's Requests For Information on 197 Users
Facebook had rejected, on 7 occasions, requests from Putrajaya for information on 197 users.
By Sadho Ram — 28 Aug 2013, 11:06 PM — Updated about 11 years ago
Facebook listed Malaysia in the Global Government Requests Report
Facebook listed Malaysia in the Global Government Requests Report, showing that Putrajaya has requested 7 times for information on 197 users but none of them have been approved.
lowyat.netData revealed in the first ever Global Government Requests Report by the social networking site showed the Malaysian government did not receive any information from them.
themalaysianinsider.com
It also did not specify the nature of the requests, although it said all requests reported include those relating to crime and national security.
malaysiakini.com
The report, available on Facebook, is it’s aim at providing transparency and trust to users. They have listed out all the requests from each country, the number of requests received from each of those countries, the number of users and the percentage of user data that are given.
lowyat.netRequests from the M'sian govt are relatively low compared with that from other countries like the US and India, which requested information on more than 20,000 and more than 4,000 users, respectively.
malaysiakini.com
Singapore requested information on 117 users and 70 percent of those requests were granted
Facebook revealed that Singapore Authorities made 107 requests for information on 117 individuals from Facebook in the first half of this year and that the social media giant complied with 70% of those requests.
therealsingapore.com
In a statement, a Facebook representative said that many of the requests are fought where there appears to be legal deficiencies or requests are too broad or vague.
malaysiakini.com
IMAGE: Top 5 Asian countries that requested for user information from Facebook
Top 5 Asian countries that requested for user information from Facebook
Image via themalaysianinsider.comTotal of 74 countries had requested information about more than 37,954 accounts on Facebook
The report showed that 74 countries had requested information about more than 37,954 accounts on Facebook and that the vast majority of these requests relate to criminal cases, such as robberies or kidnappings and national security.
themalaysianinsider.com
The statement said these government requests include basic subscriber information, such as name, the date when they joined Facebook, IP address logs and actual account content.
lowyat.netIMAGE: Complete list of countries who requested user information from Facebook
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