Facebook today released its second global government transparency report, covering the period between July and December of last year. Apart from the regular numbers pertaining to government requests for user data, the social network is now — for the first time — revealing how often countries have restricted or had content removed from the site on the grounds that it violates local law. India easily ranks as the worst offender here, with 4,765 content restrictions. Facebook says most of those related to laws prohibiting criticism of a religion or the state. And India is no small market for Facebook. France and Germany are each listed with over 80 content restrictions.
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