Under scrutiny this time is the company's practice of sharing information about its users with dozens of smartphone and tablet makers. The partnerships give some device makers access to Facebook users' education history, relationship status, work, religion, political leaning and upcoming events, the Times reported. "These companies could not integrate people's Facebook information with their devices without that person's permission," Facebook tweeted. These companies could not integrate people's Facebook information with their devices without that person's permission. https://t.co/XcOgw73BhW — Facebook (@facebook) June 4, 2018Apple, Samsung and Microsoft did not respond to requests for comment on the matter.

Source: CNN June 04, 2018 05:17 UTC