Government requests for Facebook user data up 27 percent in first half of 2016 | TechCrunch (Dec 22, 2016)

As more and more communication takes place on online platforms, law enforcement agencies will inevitably shift their data gathering to those platforms too, and we’re seeing this play out here. The more data these platforms have on us, of course, the more meaningful that is, and Facebook is a treasure trove.

via Government requests for Facebook user data up 27 percent in first half of 2016 | TechCrunch

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