Singapore ranks 6th globally for government surveillance of big tech user accounts

Crowds by the Merlion and Marina Bay Sands in Singapore. Apple was the most compliant of the four tech giants listed in the study, with a disclosure rate of 80% from 2013 to 2020. — Bloomberg

SINGAPORE: Singapore ranked sixth in the world for surveillance across the platforms of four tech firms Apple, Google, Meta and Microsoft, based on a study.

The study by Netherlands-based cyber-security firm Surfshark examines the tech firms’ transparency reports over eight years from 2013.