Quote:Facebook has admitted that it dealt several messaging partnerships with tech giants, giving them read, write and delete access for Facebook messages.

The confirmation comes on the heels of a bombshell New York Times article, Tuesday, which leveraged internal documents to show that Facebook had partnerships in place with several companies since 2010. Part of the report detailed how Facebook enabled Spotify, Netflix and the Royal Bank of Canada to read, write and delete users’ private messages; as well as see other participants on a message thread. The New York Times report quote sources that said those privileges go beyond what is necessary for messaging integration with a third party.

In a Wednesday post, Facebook VP of Product Partnerships Ime Archibong confirmed that the company did work closely with four partners to integrate messaging capabilities into their products. Those companies were Netflix, Dropbox, Spotify, and Royal Bank of Canada.

“We worked closely with four partners to integrate messaging capabilities into their products so people could message their Facebook friends — but only if they chose to use Facebook Login,” said Archibong. “These experiences are common in our industry — think of being able to have Alexa read your email aloud or to read your email on Apple’s Mail app.”