Twitter has released their latest Transparency Report, highlighting the amount of removal requests, takedown notices and copyright infringements the micro-blog platform handled throughout the second half of 2015. And the numbers highlight a change in the emphasis that legal teams and government organizations are putting on tweet content – and likely the wider shift towards social media becoming a more recognized and influential part of the media overall, with significant increases in all aspects of Twitter’s report. Here are the details.
Information Requests
Information requests are legal requests Twitter has received for account information “typically in connection with criminal investigations”. In the second half of 2015, Twitter saw a 27% increase in such submissions….
Twitter’s Latest Transparency Report Highlights Evolving Emphasis On Social Content
