US, India snooping on your social media info
April 29, 2016
GK & Current Affairs
Social media leader Facebook on Thursday said that US and India are the top two countries, who request for account data of its users. Reportedly, government request for account info increased by 18% in the first half of 2015 and 13% in the second half. Requested data include subscriber info and IP address / account content. FB added that 60% of requests in US come with an order not to notify the user.
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