It ’s a day of the calendar week , so that means it ’s time for more revelations about Facebook ’s sharing habits that it had n’t previously disclose to users . In the latest entry in the endless endeavor at retroactive transparency , Facebook disclose to Congress that it shared data with 52 ironware and software company , including some firms headquartered in China .
TheWall Street Journal reportedthe information was part of a 747 - varlet document dump the ship’s company dropped on lawmakers on the House Energy and Commerce Committee later Friday . The committee has since made public thedocument , which purports to resolve at least in part some of the manyquestions Mark Zuckerberg was peppered withwhen he testified earlier this year .
Also on the leaning of 52 , and of particular interest to lawmakers , was the inclusion of several Chinese business firm : Huawei , Lenovo , Oppo , and TCL . US intelligence agencies have raised suspicions about the firm and their ties to the Chinese administration in the yesteryear , particularly Huawei . FBI Director Chris Wraytestifiedpreviously that Huawei ware provide “ the mental ability to maliciously modify or steal information . ”
Per the Wall Street Journal , the company explained that the information was provided in an attempt to ameliorate its ability to engage on dissimilar platforms and devices . “ multitude went online using a wide multifariousness of text - only phones , characteristic phone , and early smartphones with varying capabilities , ” Facebook wrote . “ In that environment , the demand for internet service of process like Facebook , Twitter and YouTube outpace our industriousness ’s power to build version of our services that worked on every phone and operating system . ”
From the look of it , lawmakers are n’t totally sell on Facebook ’s account . agree to the Hill , the House Energy and Commerce ’s top Democrat , Congressman Frank Pallone , Jr. , said , “ After initial review , I am concerned that Facebook ’s responses raise more questions than they answer . ”
[ Wall Street Journal , The Hill ]
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