SAN FRANCISCO: Law enforcement agencies in the United States are behind the overwhelming majority of requests for Twitter users' private information, the social media company revealed in its first ever public report on the subject.
Of the 849 total government requests for user information during the period spanning January 1 to June 30 this year, 679 — or 80% — took place in the United States, typically for use in criminal investigations, Twitter said.
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