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WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 11: Facebook co-founder, Chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies before the House Energy and Commerce Committee in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill April 11, 2018 in Washington, DC. This is the second day of testimony before Congress by Zuckerberg, 33, after it was reported that 87 million Facebook users had their personal information harvested by Cambridge Analytica, a British political consulting firm linked to the Trump campaign. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

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Facebook Allowed Chinese Company To Access Data

Roxanne Wilder June 6th, 2018

And this particular Chinese company, Huawei, is a company that has been flagged by U.S. intelligence officials as a national security threat. Huawei, and other companies including Lenovo, Oppo, and TCL were allowed private access to Facebook user data. They could access things including work and education history, relationship status, and likes. So for over ten years, Facebook has carried on a relationship with Huawei, but they announced they’ll be ending that partnership this week.

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