Twitter said Monday that requests from governments around the globe for information on its users jumped nearly 20% in the second half of 2012.

Twitter said Monday that requests from governments around the globe for information on its users jumped nearly 20% in the second half of 2012.
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Twitter said Monday that requests from governments around the globe for information on its users jumped nearly 20% in the second half of 2012.