Facebook recorded two data requests from Nigeria in the first six months of 2018, according to the transparency report the social media giant published on Thursday.
Facebook received one request from Nigeria for legal process, and the other was an emergency request.
TheNewsGuru (TNG) reports Nigeria also requested Facebook for four users/accounts on the platform.
According to the report, which covers January to June 2018, Facebook provided 100 percent data for the legal process.
Although the social networking giant did not reveal the kind of data it released.
“Facebook responds to government requests for data in accordance with applicable law and our terms of service.
“Each and every request we receive is carefully reviewed for legal sufficiency and we may reject or require greater specificity on requests that appear overly broad or vague,” the company said.
The social media giant also received request to preserve account information pending receipt of formal legal process for one user/account.
“When we receive a preservation request, we will preserve a temporary snapshot of the relevant account information but will not disclose any of the preserved records unless and until we receive formal and valid legal process,” Facebook said.
Globally, governments request for account data increased by around 26 percent compared to the second half of 2017, increasing from 82,341 to 103,815 requests.
In the US, government requests increased by about 30 percent, of which 56 percent included a non-disclosure order prohibiting Facebook from notifying the user.
“During the first half of 2018, the number of pieces of content we restricted based on local law increased 7 percent, from 14,280 to 15,337,” said Facebook.
It also identified 48 disruptions of Facebook services in eight countries in the new reporting period, compared to 46 disruptions in 12 countries in the second half of 2017.
During this period, Facebook and Instagram took down 2,999,278 pieces of content based on 466,810 copyright reports, 203,375 pieces of content based on 69,756 trademark reports, and 641,059 pieces of content based on 29,828 counterfeit reports.