| Governments Demand Data on 38K Facebook Users Associated Press | |
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The CIA has admitted to spying on Noam Chomsky for his political activity after years of denial. (HuffPost/AlertFolks)
Government agents in 74 countries demanded information on about 38,000 Facebook users in the first half of this year, with about half the orders coming from authorities in the United States, the company said Tuesday.
The social-networking giant is the latest technology company to release figures on how often governments seek information about its customers. Microsoft and Google have done the same.
As with the other companies, it’s hard to discern much from Facebook’s data, besides the fact that, as users around the globe flocked to the world’s largest social network, police and intelligence agencies followed.
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