2019/04/25 by Wenting Yu, Yu, Wenting, Min Chen +2
Social Sciences · #E-Government and Public Services #FOS: Computer and information sciences #Other Statistics (stat.OT) #Privacy, Security, and Data Protection #Social Media and Politics
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1904.11242
openalex publication_date 2019/04/25 · openalex created_date 2019/05/03 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
How governments and Internet companies regulate user data on social media attracts public attention. This study tried to answer two questions: What kind of countries send more requests for Facebook user data? What kind of countries get more requests replies from Facebook? We aim to figure out how a country's economic, political and social factors affect its government requests for user data and Facebook's responses rate to those requests. Results show that countries with higher GDP per capita, a higher level of human freedom and a lower level of rule of law send more requests for user data; while Facebook tends to reply to government requests from countries with a higher level of human freedom and a lower level of political stability. In conclusion, governments and Facebook show different focuses on governance on social media data.