Facebook gave Netflix, AirBnB, and other apps special access to user data, British lawmakers allege

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Facebook keeps saying it doesn't sell user data. Britain's Parliament and internal documents suggest otherwise.

In November, parliament member Damian Collins seized secret Facebook documents that reportedly involved data privacy. And on Wednesday, Collins released results from an investigation into those documents, alleging they show Facebook "gave select companies preferential access to valuable user data," The Washington Post reports.

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Kathryn Krawczyk

Kathryn is a graduate of Syracuse University, with degrees in magazine journalism and information technology, along with hours to earn another degree after working at SU's independent paper The Daily Orange. She's currently recovering from a horse addiction while living in New York City, and likes to share her extremely dry sense of humor on Twitter.