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JP Gov requested over double amount of account information from Twitter, Inc. in 2015 over last year

Thursday, August 13, 2015 1:58
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According to Twitter, Inc., the government of Japan requested 425 account information of users in the first half of 2015. This is 2.21 times much as the corresponding time of 2014.

The specified accounts were 529, which is 2.15 times much as the corresponding time of 2014 as well.

This is the second largest number following United States. Twitter, Inc. responded 42% of the requests from Japanese government, which is also 6% higher than the same term of 2014.

Twitter has been one of the most effective tools to share vital information since 311. Twitter, Inc. has not announced what specific information was requested by Japanese government.

Twitter, Inc. also received 8 removal requests from court and 8 from government agency, police and other to include 186 specific accounts. Twitter, Inc. responded to 9 of them and 220 tweets were removed. The contents of those tweets are not known.

https://transparency.twitter.com/country/jp

https://transparency.twitter.com/removal-requests/2015/jan-jun

https://transparency.twitter.com/information-requests/2015/jan-jun

Iori Mochizuki

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Français :

En 2015, le gouv. japonais perquisitionne plus du double de comptes Twitter qu’en 2014

En 2015, le gouv. japonais perquisitionne plus du double de comptes Twitter qu’en 2014

Selon Twitter Inc., le gouvernement japonais a demandé 425 informations sur des compte d’utilisateurs au premier semestre 2015. C’est 2,21 fois plus qu’à la même période en 2014.

Il y a eu 529 comptes spécifiés, soit 2,15 fois plus qu’à la même période de 2014 aussi.

C’est le second record après les États-Unis. Twitter Inc. a répondu à 42 % de ces demandes, ce qui est aussi 6 % plus élevé qu’à la même période de 2014.

Twitter a été l’un des outils les plus efficaces de partage des informations vitales depuis le 11-3. Twitter Inc. ne précise pas les informations spécifiques demandées par le gouvernement japonais.

Twitter Inc. a également reçu 8 demandes de retrait de la justice et 8 de l’agence de gouvernement, de la police et d’autres soit 186 comptes spécifiques. Twitter Inc. a répondu à 9 d’entre eux et 220 tweets ont été enlevés.  Le contenu de ces tweets n’est pas précisé.

https://transparency.twitter.com/country/jp
https://transparency.twitter.com/removal-requests/2015/jan-jun
https://transparency.twitter.com/information-requests/2015/jan-jun

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