Most of the US and China’s requests had to do with investigations into fraud, suspected account access and phishing.
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US military branches ban TikTok following Pentagon’s warning
The latest attempt to prove it’s not under China’s thumb: TikTok’s first transparency report.
Google cracks down on election meddling advertisers
Google will now require people or groups purchasing federal election ads to show that they’re US citizens or lawful residents.
Google’s ‘right to be forgotten’ appeal – France says ‘non!’
Google and other search engines could potentially face fines of up to 5% of their global operating costs if they do not comply.
France orders Google to scrub search globally in right to be forgotten requests
We do not care if a URL’s got a .fr, a .uk or a .com glued to the end, France told Google – if a European makes a legitimate request to be forgotten in search results, make it so on all your search engines in all countries. 
Cisco releases first transparency report, showing literally nothing to hide
Networking supergiant Cisco has become the latest big firm to release a transparency report, detailing its approach to dealing with requests for information from governments and police forces.
New Google transparency report details hike in government user data requests
Governments around the world are demanding increasingly larger amounts of user data from search giant Google, according to the company’s latest Transparency Report.
Twitter: 46% rise in requests for user information by governments
In all, there were 2,058 information requests from governments in the first half of 2014, which Twitter says were typically connected with criminal investigations. Those requests covered a total of 3,131 user accounts – 48% more than in the last report.