According to Facebook’s latest transparency report, India and Turkey are the most frequent censors of the social network, blocking thousands of users’ content, while the US is the country that has requested most information about user accounts.
Between July and December 2013, Indian authorities censored 4,765 Facebook posts which allegedly violated Indian laws that forbid criticizing religions or the government.
"We restricted access in India to a number of pieces of content reported primarily by law enforcement officials and the India Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) under local laws prohibiting criticism of a religion or the state," Facebook said.
In India, a nation of 1.2 billion people, Facebook has over 100 million registered users. Only the US boasts a higher number of FB users.
“Facebook’s mission is to give people the power to share, and to make the world more open and connected,” Colin Stretch, Facebook’s counsel, said in the report, released Friday. “Sometimes, the laws of a country interfere with that mission, by limiting what can be shared there.” Full story...
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Between July and December 2013, Indian authorities censored 4,765 Facebook posts which allegedly violated Indian laws that forbid criticizing religions or the government.
"We restricted access in India to a number of pieces of content reported primarily by law enforcement officials and the India Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) under local laws prohibiting criticism of a religion or the state," Facebook said.
In India, a nation of 1.2 billion people, Facebook has over 100 million registered users. Only the US boasts a higher number of FB users.
“Facebook’s mission is to give people the power to share, and to make the world more open and connected,” Colin Stretch, Facebook’s counsel, said in the report, released Friday. “Sometimes, the laws of a country interfere with that mission, by limiting what can be shared there.” Full story...
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