Facebook Data-Sharing Deals Include China's Huawei -- Under U.S. Suspicion Since 2012

Facebook's data-sharing deals with device-makers included China's Huawei -- a company viewed with suspicion by U.S. intelligence agencies. Here, an ad for the Huawei P20 smartphone is seen in China last month. Facebook's data-sharing deals with device-makers included China's Huawei -- a company viewed with suspicion by U.S. intelligence agencies. Here, an ad for the Huawei P20 smartphone is seen in China last month. Facebook's longstanding agreements that led it to share users' data with device-makers included Chinese phone-maker Huawei – a company of which the U.S. government has long been suspicious, and which intelligence officials view as a security threat.