US Senator Queries Alphabet, Twitter on Ties With Huawei

US Senator Queries Alphabet, Twitter on Ties With Huawei
The P9 smartphone by Huawei during the phone's launch at the Battersea Evolution venue in London on April 6, 2016. Jack Taylor/AFP/Getty Images
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WASHINGTON—A senior U.S. senator said on June 7 that he has asked Google parent company Alphabet and social media platform Twitter for information about any data sharing agreements they have with Chinese vendors, after the social media giant Facebook disclosed such partnerships with several Chinese companies earlier this week.