Facebook user data requests from Indian government increased in 2021: Meta
New Delhi: India with 45,275 requests was once again second to the US in terms of asking Meta (formerly Facebook) to provide user data in the first half of 2021, and social network restricted access in India to 442 items in response to directions from the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY).
The restricted access was due to violating Section 69A of the Information Technology Act, 2000, including content against security of the state and public order.
“We also restricted access to 22 items in response to reports received from the Elections Commission of India. Additionally, we restricted access to 65 items in response to other valid court orders and to six items in response to private reports of defamation,” Meta said in a statement late on Tuesday.