{"id":9984,"date":"2013-09-04T07:46:32","date_gmt":"2013-09-04T07:46:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/praag.org\/?p=9984"},"modified":"2013-09-04T07:46:32","modified_gmt":"2013-09-04T07:46:32","slug":"sa-requested-facebook-google-user-info","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praag.org\/?p=9984","title":{"rendered":"SA requested Facebook, Google user info"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"intro\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/praag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/facebook.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-9842\" alt=\"facebook\" src=\"http:\/\/praag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/facebook-300x163.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"163\" srcset=\"https:\/\/praag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/facebook-300x163.jpg 300w, https:\/\/praag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/facebook.jpg 304w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The South African government had over the past year submitted 14 requests to Facebook and three to Google to get information about certain users, according to a report.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Facebook did not grant any of the requests, and Google granted one request, after receiving a court order in a case involving defamation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Following Google&#8217;s example, Facebook has just published its first half-year report on government requests.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to the report, 71 countries around the world submitted about 25,600 requests during the first half of the year to Facebook to obtain IP addresses, profile information and names.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Locally, the Facebook requests were made by various law enforcement agencies such as the police, the Hawks and the Department of State Security, said the department&#8217;s spokesman, Brian Dube.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;Our department made two requests to Facebook centred around cyber security.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to Facebook and Google, the merits of each request are thoroughly considered before the information is released. &#8211; Sapa<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The South African government had over the past year submitted 14 requests to Facebook and three to Google to get information about certain users, according to a report. Facebook did not grant any of the requests, and Google granted one request, after receiving a court order in a case involving defamation. 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