Facebook allowed Chinese firm charged as a national security threat to access user data

Facebook allowed a Chinese firm charged by the federal government as a national security threat to the U.S. to access to user information, sometimes without the consent of the individual.

Facebook confirmed to Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., the top Democrat on the Senate intel panel, the social media giant entered into a third-party agreement with Shenzhen-based Huawei Technologies Co., one of roughly 60 other device manufacturers the company partnered with to help replicate a “Facebook-like” experience on other operating systems.