{"id":142892,"date":"2015-08-12T16:34:20","date_gmt":"2015-08-12T16:34:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=142892"},"modified":"2015-08-12T16:34:20","modified_gmt":"2015-08-12T16:34:20","slug":"twitter-snooping-requests-double-in-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/08\/twitter-snooping-requests-double-in-uk\/","title":{"rendered":"Twitter &#8216;snooping&#8217; requests double in UK"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Requests for Twitter users&#8217; personal information more than doubled in the UK in 2015, according to the company&#8217;s latest transparency report.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Twitter said UK government agencies and the police made 299 requests for information between January and July, up from 116 in the previous six months.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It makes UK law enforcement the biggest requester of Twitter data in the EU.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Twitter said it had complied with 52% of the requests for information, which could be used to identify a tweeter.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>&#8216;Transparency&#8217;<\/strong><br \/>\nTwitter has published its transparency report since 2012.<br \/>\nThe social network said requests for account information worldwide had increased by 52% &#8211; the largest ever increase between reports.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Requests for Twitter users&#8217; personal information more than doubled in the UK in 2015, according to the company&#8217;s latest transparency report.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Twitter said UK government agencies and the police made 299 requests for information between January and July, up from 116 in the previous six months.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It makes UK law enforcement the biggest requester of Twitter data in the EU.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Twitter said it had complied with 52% of the requests for information, which could be used to identify a tweeter.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>&#8216;Transparency&#8217;<\/strong><br \/>\nTwitter has published its transparency report since 2012.<br \/>\nThe social network said requests for account information worldwide had increased by 52% &#8211; the largest ever increase between reports.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Requests for Twitter users&#8217; personal information more than doubled in the UK in 2015, according to the company&#8217;s latest transparency report. 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