Twitter saw a record number of legal demands for information on people’s accounts last year, including a spike in government demands that targeted verified news publishers and journalists, according to the company.
The social media platform’s “20th Transparency Report” said the U.S. government accounted for a greater percentage of information requests than any other requesting country.
“We continue to see a concerning trend toward attempts to limit global press freedom, with an increase in government legal demands targeting journalists, as well as an overall increasing number of legal demands on accounts — both represent record-highs since reporting began,” Twitter said in a statement accompanying the report.