Zuckerberg defends Facebook in new data row

LONDON - Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg pushed back against emails showing the social media giant offering Netflix and other popular apps preferential access to people's data.

A British parliamentary committee investigating whether the social media behemoth was being used to manipulate the results of elections published 250 pages of internal Facebook documents on Wednesday.

They show executives holding discussions about big companies such as Netflix being granted preferential access to user data, even after Facebook had tightened its privacy rules in 2014-15.