( CNN ) -- The United States government requested information on more than 20,000 Facebook users in the first half of 2013 , according to the social network 's latest transparency report . This is Facebook 's second transparency report and it includes much more information than the first . In it , Facebook shows the total number of requests made by each country , not just the United States . An alphabetized table of countries shows how many accounts were involved , and the percentage of requests that resulted in Facebook turning over at least some of the desired information to that country . The United States is the most interested in Facebook user data . It made between 11,000 and 12,000 requests for information from more than 20,000 Facebook accounts in the first six months of this year . ( The government wo n't allow Facebook to report the exact numbers , only ranges . ) Facebook complied with 79 % of U.S. requests . Seventy-one countries submitted requests to Facebook . There were more than 26,000 total requests impacting at least 38,000 individual users . India submitted the second largest amount of requests , followed by the United Kingdom , German , Italy and France . Google has not yet released its report for the first half of 2013 , but in the second half of 2012 it fielded more than 21,000 requests from 31 countries for more than 33,000 different users . Though transparency is the stated goal , people can only view Facebook 's report if they are logged onto the social network . In the report , Facebook general counsel Colin Stretch said the company had high legal bars for the requests from governments , and emphasized that the company scrutinized each individual request . `` We fight many of these requests , pushing back when we find legal deficiencies and narrowing the scope of overly broad or vague requests . When we are required to comply with a particular request , we frequently share only basic user information , such as name , '' said Stretch . The report does not break out national security requests from the usual criminal inquiries , something that has drawn criticism from Google in the past . In June , following public outrage over revelations regarding electronic surveillance by U.S. intelligence agencies , Facebook made a deal with the federal government about what information it could make public . After Facebook coughed up its first transparency report , Google released a statement criticizing the social network and the federal government because it did n't specify how many government requests were criminal versus national security related . `` Lumping the two categories together would be a step back for users . Our request to the government is clear : to be able to publish aggregate numbers of national security requests , including FISA disclosures , separately , '' said Google . In a FAQ under its new transparency report , Facebook does say that the `` vast majority '' of requests were about criminal cases . `` We continue to push the United States government to allow more transparency regarding these requests , including specific numbers and types of national security-related requests . We will publish updated information for the United States as soon as we obtain legal authorization to do so , '' reads the report .
Facebook 's transparency report shows the number of requests from 71 countries . The United States requested the largest amount of information . Facebook did not specify which requests were criminal versus for national security .