US prosecutors probing Facebook’s data deals: NYT


  • TECH
  • Thursday, 14 Mar 2019

Facebook, photographed on Friday, Dec. 11, 2015 in Menlo Park, Calif. (John Green/Bay Area News Group/TNS)

US federal prosecutors are conducting a criminal investigation into data deals Facebook Inc struck with some of the world's largest technology companies, the New York Times reported on March 13.

A grand jury in New York has subpoenaed records from at least two prominent makers of smartphones and other devices, the newspaper reported, citing people familiar with the requests and without naming the companies.

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