Chinese have consistently denied but telecommunications
companies have come under scrutiny from US intelligence officials who argue
they provide an opportunity for foreign and threaten critical US infrastructure
Facebook Inc said Tuesday it
has data sharing partnerships with at least four Chinese companies including Huawei
and Oppo, the smartphone maker, which has come
under scrutiny from US intelligence agencies on security concerns.
The social media
company said Huawei, computer maker Lenovo Group, and smartphone makers OPPO
and TCL Corp were among about 60 companies worldwide received access to some
user data after signed contracts to Facebook-like experiences for their users.
"Facebook
along with many other U.S. tech companies have worked with them and other
Chinese manufacturers to integrate their services onto these phones,"
Francisco Varela, vice president of mobile partnerships for Facebook, said in a
statement. "Facebook`s integrations with Huawei, Lenovo, OPPO and TCL were
controlled from the get-go — and we approved the Facebook experiences these
companies built."
Earlier
on Tuesday, the Senate Commerce Committee demanded that Facebook`s chief
executive officer, Mark Zuckerberg, respond to a report that user data was
shared with at least 60 device manufacturers, weeks after the social media
company said it would change its practices after a political firm got access to
data from millions of users.
New York Attorney
General Barbara Underwood said on Monday the "data-sharing partnerships with other corporations" is part of the ongoing investigation into the reported misuse of Facebook user data by Cambridge Analytica.
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