Dutch officials wanted information about 301 Facebook accounts last year
Dutch officials asked Facebook for information about 190 different Facebook accounts in the Netherlands in the second half of last year, and 80% of the requests were honoured, the social network says in a new report.
In the first half of the year, officials asked about 111 different accounts and in the second half of 2014, just 76. In 2014, just 40% of requests for information were honoured.
In most cases, the request was made in connection with a criminal investigation, website nu.nl said.
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