Facebook has a data sharing agreement with Huawei, a telecom giant with alleged ties to the Chinese government (FB)

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Facebook has a data sharing agreement with Chinese telecom giant and cell phone manufacturer Huawei, reports The Washington Post.  For years, US intelligence officials have raised national security concerns about Huawei's ties to the Chinese government. Facebook officials told The New York Times the arrangement was "controlled from the get-go," and that no data was stored on Huawei servers.  The partnership is reportedly still ongoing, but Facebook began winding down its device partnership program in April. 

Facebook has a data sharing agreement with Huawei, a Chinese telecom giant and Android phone manufacturer that has raised national security concerns from US intelligence officials about its alleged ties to the Chinese government, The Washington Post first reported Tuesday.

The deal, which according to The New York Times was brokered sometime before 2010, granted Huawei access to Facebook user data. The company said the data allowed users to access Facebook, sync their address book, and upload photos directly to Facebook — even without a dedicated Facebook app. See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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