  How governments and Internet companies regulate user data on social media
attracts public attention. This study tried to answer two questions: What kind
of countries send more requests for Facebook user data? What kind of countries
get more requests replies from Facebook? We aim to figure out how a country's
economic, political and social factors affect its government requests for user
data and Facebook's responses rate to those requests. Results show that
countries with higher GDP per capita, a higher level of human freedom and a
lower level of rule of law send more requests for user data; while Facebook
tends to reply to government requests from countries with a higher level of
human freedom and a lower level of political stability. In conclusion,
governments and Facebook show different focuses on governance on social media
data.
