Report: Facebook shared user data with flagged Chinese firm

In this June 11, 2014, file photo, a man walks past a mural in an office on the Facebook campus in Menlo Park, Calif. (AP)

• The data included work history, relationship status and likes on device users and their friends
• The report didn’t say the data was misused

MENLO PARK, California: The New York Times says Facebook has acknowledged it shared user data with several Chinese handset manufacturers, including Huawei, a company flagged by US intelligence officials as a national security threat.
The report says Facebook said Tuesday the handset makers — Huawei, Lenovo, Oppo and TCL — were among 60 it had shared data with as early as 2007. Facebook told the newspaper it planned to wind down the Huawei deal this week.
The data included work history, relationship status and likes on device users and their friends.
The report didn’t say the data was misused. Facebook did not immediately reply to a request for comment.
Sen. Mark Warner, a Virginia Democrat, says he wants to know how Facebook ensured that data was not transferred to Chinese servers.