Verizon Transparency Report reveals 164,000 subpoenas, 1,500 wiretaps

As expected, Verizon has released its 2013 Transparency Report, and the company’s data shows the US is extremely interested in its network. Last year, Verizon received more than 320,000 requests for customer information from US law enforcement agencies. Verizon was hit with more than 164,000 subpoenas and nearly 71,000 legal orders. Among those orders were …

Massive growth in African mobile internet usage

The report suggests that Opera users in 47% of African countries turn to international news sites before their country’s own reporting, with BBC News most popular in 18 out of 25 of these countries. As for the most popular websites overall, unsurprisingly Facebook leads the pack in most countries, pipped to the post by Google …