Facebook Now Reports IP, Copyright Requests

Facebook’s twice-a-year transparency report now includes data on IP rights requests on copyright, trademark and counterfeit, blogged Deputy General Counsel Chris Sonderby. In the first half of 2017, it received 224,464 copyright reports about content, 41,854 trademark reports and 14,279 counterfeit reports, Sonderby said Monday. Government requests for account data increased by 21 percent globally compared with the second half of 2016, from 64,279 to 78,890, and more than half of requests from law enforcement contained a nondisclosure order preventing the company from notifying users about the information request, he said. Tuesday, the company expanded facial identity privacy opt out (see 1712190024).