Facebook offers fresh detail about its ties to dozens of outside companies in more than 700 pages of new data turned over to Congress

Facebook offers fresh detail about its ties to dozens of outside companies in more than 700 pages of new data turned over to Congress

Facebook has responded to a House Energy & Commerce Committee request for data with a 747-page response detailing the social network’s data sharing deals with other companies.

All told, Facebook has shared user info with 52 firms, including Chinese firms like Alibaba, Huawei, Lenovo and Oppo — some of these were already known.

It has ended already partnerships with 38 of them (some due to companies ending relevant business, like HP/Palm and Inq), with seven more due to expire in July 2018 and one more in October.

The Washington Post

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2018/06/30/facebook-offers-fresh-detail-about-its-ties-device-makers-new-data-turned-over-congress/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.3dcdcc9ad58c

Mark Zuckerberg: A single point of failure at Facebook, a company that is systemically important to the internet – Business Insider

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