Η France βρίσκεται πλέον στην πρώτη θέση παγκοσμίως στην κατάταξη των χωρών οι κυβερνήσεις των οποίων υπέβαλαν τα περισσότερα αιτήματα deletionς tweets, όμως οι ΗΠΑ διατηρούν τα πρωτεία σε ό,τι αφορά τις αιτήσεις supply πληροφοριών για λογαριασμούς στον ιστότοπο κοινωνικής δικτύωσης Twitter.
Since last July, the French authorities have stepped up their demands for deleting messages, while they have only submitted three requests for deletion of content in the first quarter of 2013. From July to the end of December of 2013, the French authorities addressed 306 times to the administrators of this social networking site to request information on 146 accounts for the purpose of withdrawing content.
In a report published by Twitter, he said he satisfied more than one third (35%) of the requests from the French authorities, by deleting 133 tweets. The French court had ordered the management of the company in July to provide information on some accounts containing phrases deemed racist and anti-Semitic. These requests were submitted following the initiative of human rights organizations. Requests for deletion of content submitted by French administrations account for 87% of the total number of requests at international level. Altogether, deletion requests have multiplied across the world between the first and second trimesters of 2013, as multiplied by 60 to 365. Government requests for information on Twitter account holders have also increased.
"In the last 24 months, we have recorded an increase of 66% in requests for information for accounts, requests originating from more than 45 countries and involving more than 6.400 accounts around the world" explained the address of this social networking site. "The majority of government requests for accounts are always submitted by the US", the government of which submitted the 59% of relevant applications, according to Twitter. The site reported that it received 833 requests from the US authorities in the second quarter of 2013, of which 100 was "urgent requests". They were 1300 accounts and Twitter responded positively to 69% of these requests, as the company's management said. At international level, the total number of requests increased to 1.410 and was increased by 849 requests compared to the first statistics published at the beginning of 2012 by Twitter.
Source: kathimerini.gr
