Dutch officials wanted information about 301 Facebook accounts last year

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Dutch officials asked Facebook for information about 190 different Facebook accounts in the Netherlands in the second half of last year, and 80% of the requests were honoured, the social network says in a new report.

In the first half of the year, officials asked about 111 different accounts and in the second half of 2014, just 76. In 2014, just 40% of requests for information were honoured.

In most cases, the request was made in connection with a criminal investigation, website nu.nl said.

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