Twitter's government requests jump for user data, tweet removals

San Jose Mercury News: NEW YORK -- Twitter said government requests for user data and content removal jumped in the second half of 2014, especially in Russia, Turkey and the U.S.

In its twice-yearly transparency report, Twitter said it received 84 percent more requests for content removal and 40 percent more requests for account information from governments worldwide from July 1 to Dec. 31, compared with the first six months of the year.

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