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Facebooks Data Deals Are Under Criminal Investigation
By Michael LaForgia, Matthew Rosenberg and Gabriel J.X. Dance
March 13, 2019
Federal prosecutors are conducting a criminal investigation into data deals Facebook struck with some of the worlds largest technology companies, intensifying scrutiny of the social media giants business practices as it seeks to rebound from a year of scandal and setbacks.
A grand jury in New York has subpoenaed records from at least two prominent makers of smartphones and other devices, according to two people who were familiar with the requests and insisted on anonymity to discuss confidential legal matters. Both companies had entered into partnerships with Facebook, gaining broad access to the personal information of hundreds of millions of its users.
The companies were among more than 150 firms, including Amazon, Apple, Microsoft and Sony, that had cut sharing deals with the worlds dominant social media platform. The agreements, previously reported in The New York Times, let the companies see users friends, contact information and other data, sometimes without consent. Facebook has phased out most of the partnerships over the past two years.
We are cooperating with investigators and take those probes seriously, a Facebook spokesman said in a statement. Weve provided public testimony, answered questions and pledged that we will continue to do so.
More: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/13/technology/facebook-data-subpoenas.html
By Michael LaForgia, Matthew Rosenberg and Gabriel J.X. Dance
March 13, 2019
Federal prosecutors are conducting a criminal investigation into data deals Facebook struck with some of the worlds largest technology companies, intensifying scrutiny of the social media giants business practices as it seeks to rebound from a year of scandal and setbacks.
A grand jury in New York has subpoenaed records from at least two prominent makers of smartphones and other devices, according to two people who were familiar with the requests and insisted on anonymity to discuss confidential legal matters. Both companies had entered into partnerships with Facebook, gaining broad access to the personal information of hundreds of millions of its users.
The companies were among more than 150 firms, including Amazon, Apple, Microsoft and Sony, that had cut sharing deals with the worlds dominant social media platform. The agreements, previously reported in The New York Times, let the companies see users friends, contact information and other data, sometimes without consent. Facebook has phased out most of the partnerships over the past two years.
We are cooperating with investigators and take those probes seriously, a Facebook spokesman said in a statement. Weve provided public testimony, answered questions and pledged that we will continue to do so.
More: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/13/technology/facebook-data-subpoenas.html
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New: Facebook's Data Deals Are Under Criminal Investigation (Original Post)
MelissaB
Mar 2019
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MelissaB
(16,420 posts)1. Oh, check this out!
The Cambridge investigation, still active, is being run by prosecutors from the Northern District of California. One former Cambridge employee said investigators questioned him as recently as late February. He and three other witnesses in the case, speaking on the condition of anonymity so they would not anger prosecutors, said a significant line of inquiry involved Facebooks claims that it was misled by Cambridge.
SkatmanRoth
(843 posts)2. Didn't Facebook have an internet outage today?
Are they deleting their back-up files to cover their tracks?
Hekate
(90,846 posts)3. Glad to hear it
Leghorn21
(13,527 posts)4. GOOD.
ENOUGH ALREADY
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,274 posts)5. Kick