{"id":217849,"date":"2019-06-07T22:39:45","date_gmt":"2019-06-08T02:39:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=217849"},"modified":"2019-06-07T22:40:12","modified_gmt":"2019-06-08T02:40:12","slug":"facebook-stops-huawei-from-pre-installing-apps-on-phones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/06\/07\/facebook-stops-huawei-from-pre-installing-apps-on-phones\/","title":{"rendered":"Facebook stops Huawei from pre-installing apps on phones"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_217850\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-217850\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/access-blur-close-up-267399.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-217850\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/access-blur-close-up-267399.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"804\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/access-blur-close-up-267399.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/access-blur-close-up-267399-768x482.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-217850\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The social network said it has suspended providing software for Huawei to put on its devices while it reviews recently introduced U.S. sanctions. (Pexels Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>LONDON \u2014 Facebook said Friday it has stopped letting its apps come pre-installed on smartphones sold by Huawei in order to comply with U.S. restrictions, a move that deals a fresh blow to the Chinese tech giant.<\/p>\n<p>The social network said it has suspended providing software for Huawei to put on its devices while it reviews recently introduced U.S. sanctions.<\/p>\n<p>Owners of existing Huawei smartphones that already have Facebook apps can continue to use them and download updates.<\/p>\n<p>But it&#8217;s not clear if buyers of new Huawei devices will be able to install Facebook&#8217;s apps on their own.<\/p>\n<p>Facebook&#8217;s move is the latest fallout in the escalating U.S.-China tech feud.<\/p>\n<p>The Commerce Department last month effectively barred U.S. companies from selling their technology to Huawei and other Chinese firms without government approval. China&#8217;s Commerce Ministry responded this week by warning it would release its own list of \u201cunreliable\u201d foreign companies in the near future.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. officials are pressing their global campaign to blacklist Huawei, the world&#8217;s No. 1 network equipment provider and second-largest smartphone maker. They say Beijing could use the company&#8217;s products for cyberespionage but without presenting evidence of intentional spying.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are reviewing the Commerce Department&#8217;s final rule and the more recently issued temporary general license and taking steps to ensure compliance,\u201d Facebook said, referring to a 90-day grace period allowing continued support of existing Huawei equipment.<\/p>\n<p>Huawei declined to comment.<\/p>\n<p>Google, which makes the Android operating system used by Huawei, has already said that while it would continue to support existing Huawei phones, future devices won&#8217;t come with its flagship apps and services, including maps, Gmail and search. Only basic services would be available for future versions of Android.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LONDON \u2014 Facebook said Friday it has stopped letting its apps come pre-installed on smartphones sold by Huawei in order &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":217850,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-217849","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-w","mauthors-kelvin-chan","mauthors-the-associated-press"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217849","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=217849"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217849\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":217853,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217849\/revisions\/217853"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/217850"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=217849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=217849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=217849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}