Facebook has asked about 95 account-related information through 60 requests in the last six months. In response to the request, Facebook provided information in 47 percent of the cases. Last Tuesday, Facebook reported this in their Transparency Report.
According to Facebook's Transparency Report, the rate of asking for information from the government of Bangladesh has increased a lot. The amount of information sought from July to December last year is highest in this period. In April 2016, Facebook authorities responded with requests from the government of Bangladesh asking for user information for the first time. From the July 2015 to December 2015, the publication of the Facebook report was released on April 28 of that year. Since then, Facebook authorities publish Transparency Reports every six months.
It is highlighted in the report about what kind of request the government has given to Facebook. However, no account information is sought, it is not mentioned.
According to the Facebook report this year, Facebook responded by requesting Bangladesh government to store 4 accounts of Facebook accounts. Facebook has responded to 47 percent of the respondents seeking 95 account information on 60 requests. The request for legal process is 17. In this, 36 account information is sought. Facebook responded in 29 percent of the cases. 59 account information is requested for emergency 43 requests.
Earlier, the government had asked 44 accounts for six months in January to June. Facebook authorities provided 45 percent of the information requested by the government.
Earlier, Bangladesh government requested 49 requests from July to December of 2016. It asked for 57 account-related information. Facebook provided 24.49 percent of the information about Bangladesh government's request.
From January to June, 10 requests were made for 9 accounts in that year. That means, in 2016, 59 requests were requested by the government of Bangladesh to Facebook.
In the year 2017, the government's total request for Facebook stood 104. Total account information is 139. That is, the government of Bangladesh has increased demand for information and account information in 2017 compared to 2016.
Facebook authorities say that requests from the government to get information from Facebook are increasing around the world. In 2016, the total request was 1 lakh 23 thousand, it came in 2017 in 1 lakh 61 thousand 231. In the second half of the second half of 2017, the data quote increased by 4 percent.
Facebook says they adhere to the rules of service and provide information according to the relevant laws of the country.
200 applications canceled in the investigation of misuse of Facebook
200 apps that were extensively gathering information from Facebook were reviewed and removed from the Facebook platform. Facebook's announcement of app reviews after the 'Cambridge Approach' Facebook has announced that it will cancel 200 apps after the first stage review. The information was reported in the news agency Reuters reports.
Facebook's Product Partnership Department's Vice President EMI Archibald said, "These apps are misusing Facebook information, investigating whether it is being investigated." That's why they have been removed from Facebook. '
On March 21, Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg announced the investigation of the third party apps in the Facebook platform. Facebook has reduced the amount of data collected from Facebook through various apps since 2014, Facebook authorities
Last week, Facebook made a major change to their board of directors. In addition to opening the Blockchain division, Facebook has more responsibility on the chief product officer.
Although there was a major reshuffle in the leadership of Facebook, no one was dismissed or appointed from the outside of the Cambridge Analyst scandal. Apart from this, there was no change in the charge of Mark Zuckerberg's responsibility as the Chief Executive or the appointment of Sheryl Sandberg as Chief Operating Officer.
Facebook's Chief Product Officer Chris Cox has been given the responsibility of Instagram, Messengers, and WhatsApp.
The first Cambridge Analyst debate started in the media of the United Kingdom and the United States. According to the report published in The New York Times, Cambridge Institute of Information Analysis, which analyzed the US citizens' vote in 2016, was influenced by the US presidential election. In this case, information obtained from Facebook's billions of user profiles was used.
Facebook has allowed the use of DiseaseEducationalLife in the application made by Alexander Kogan, professor of psychology at the University of Cambridge. The professor gets the opportunity to get information from users. The app mainly runs a personality test. But Facebook users who used to download this app also allowed Alexander Cogan to take their own information. The professor of psychology knew about the location of users, their friends, and the posts they would like to 'like'.
At that time, the program was approved even in the Facebook policy. Users provided that information to Cone Cambridge Analyst. He did this by breaking the Facebook policy. More than five million Facebook users are unaffected in this way. At that time, Cambridge analyst was trying to innovate technology that could affect voters. However, Facebook authorities claim that they had asked Cambridge Analytics to delete these data in 2015.