Facebook is now under criminal investigation over the controversial data-sharing deals that it struck with dozens of other big tech companies — casting a cloud of uncertainty over the social media behemoth as it tries to crawl back from two years of scandals, controversies and apologies. After the initial story broke in December, Facebook said it had phased out most of the partnerships. Fox News reached out to Apple and Samsung, two companies that have had data-sharing agreements with Facebook, as well as Facebook itself, for comment on the investigation. "I'm glad prosecutors are investigating whether Facebook broke criminal law when it broke consumers' trust & shared users' data without consent. The data-sharing deals, which came to light in December of last year, drew scathing criticism from privacy advocates and lawmakers.

Source: Fox News March 14, 2019 14:10 UTC