Facebook says governments demanding more and more user data

US authorities made the most requests for users' information, while India and Turkey had the most takedowns for content that violated local laws

Facebook has said government requests for data and demands for content to be taken down surged in the first half of 2015, which the social network has seen continually increase since it began publicly releasing such data two years ago.

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