Facebook today released its third Government Requests Report, meant to provide greater transparency on the amount of data authorities try_to source from the company. In the report, Facebook notes_24 percent increase in the number of requests since the second semester of 2014 – 34,946 total around the world . Additionally, there was a 19 percent increase in the amount of data held back due to local laws. The company says it’s worked hard to fight against requests that_don’t provide adequate reasoning for their necessity. In June, the company fought back against a broad search warrant issued by a New York...

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