As I read the sentence, it means hundreds of requests... from public authorities. I think that's an overestimate. As a volunteer on the Wikimedia email ticket

As I read the sentence, it means hundreds of requests... from public authorities. I think that's an overestimate. As a volunteer on the Wikimedia email ticket system (where most such requests, and indeed I believe this example as well, go to) I've only seen a few such requests from public bodies. EDIT: actually, it seems this did go through the (employed) WMF legal team, rather than the volunteer support service. Sorry :)