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How many Twitter users in the U.S. had their tweets subpoenaed by U.S. government agencies in the first half of 2012?

How many Twitter users in the U.S. had their tweets subpoenaed by U.S. government agencies in the first half of 2012?

Answer: 948

According to Twitter's first Transparency Report, U.S. government agencies have submitted 679 requests for 948 specified accounts/users so far in 2012 -- and Twitter has fulfilled 75 percent of those requests. The number of requests in other countries pale in comparison:

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