Russia wants answers from Facebook about users' data security

Following a June report by The New York Times, Russia’s federal censor (Roskomnadzor) has asked Facebook to provide information about its data-sharing partnerships with mobile-device manufacturers, wherever these companies might have obtained users’ private information.

Roskomnadzor’s letter to Facebook is a response to concerns expressed by the “Association of Professional Social Media and Messengers Users,” which reportedly asked Russia’s censor to investigate the possibility that Facebook leaked Russian users’ private data.

• On June 2, The New York Times reported that Facebook has formed data-sharing partnerships with Apple, Samsung and dozens of other device makers, “raising new concerns about its privacy protections.”