mo4ch:>Facebook reportedly under criminal investigation for secret data-sharing deals | Mo4ch News

Federal prosecutors are probing Facebook's illicit data-sharing partnerships, reportedly subpoenaing data from smartphone manufacturers as the regulatory walls appear to close in on the beleaguered social media firm.A New York grand jury has subpoenaed two device-makers' records as part of a criminal investigation into some of the 150+ dubiously legal data partnerships Facebook forged with technology companies and other large corporations, according to sources familiar with the requests who spoke to the New York Times."We are cooperating with investigators and take those probes seriously," a Facebook spokesman said in a statement, adding, "We've provided public testimony, answered questions and pledged that we will continue to do so."Also on rt.com150+ firms, incl Netflix & Spotify thrived on Facebook user data under secretive partnership – mediaFacebook's secretive data-sharing partnerships allegedly allowed tech companies like Amazon, Microsof…