On June 5th, American social giant Facebook confirmed that among the vendors that have data sharing partnerships with them, there are four Chinese companies: Huawei, Lenovo, OPPO and TCL. On June 3, Facebook issued a statement saying that on different mobile devices Customize Facebook applications, open APIs to hardware device companies, and reshape Facebook's user experience.
For the cooperation with Huawei, Facebook official defended.
Francisco Varela, vice president of Facebook, said in a statement, 'Huawei is the third largest mobile phone manufacturer in the world. Its equipment is used by people all over the world, including the United States. Facebook and other U.S. technology companies and Huawei and other Chinese manufacturers Collaborate to integrate their services into these phones. '
On the evening of June 6th, the Huawei news reporter said that Huawei cooperated with Facebook to develop user services and never collected or stored Facebook user data.
The New York Times reported on June 5 that the cooperation agreement with the four Chinese companies is still valid, but the Facebook leadership said in an interview that it will terminate the agreement with Huawei.
In response, the Financial Times reported on June 6 that Facebook faced political pressure in explaining how to protect user privacy.
"The cooperation between Facebook and Huawei, Lenovo, OPPO and TCL has been under control from the very beginning. We also recognize the Facebook experience created by these companies. ' Varela said, 'We want to clarify that all the information related to Huawei's cooperation is stored On the device, it is not stored on the Huawei server.
Earlier, the New York Times reported that Facebook shared its in-depth user data with at least 60 manufacturers of communication devices, including Apple, Amazon, Blackberry and Samsung, and other Chinese companies such as Huawei.
In response to the New York Times allegations, Facebook issued a statement on June 3 stating that customizing Facebook applications on different mobile devices and opening APIs to hardware device companies can reshape Facebook's user experience and that company's data usage is strictly controlled. These companies also signed an agreement with Facebook to ensure that people’s Facebook information is not used for other purposes.