Facebook Suspends Tens of Thousands of Apps
- 5 years ago
Facebook Suspends
Tens of Thousands of Apps The move was announced
in a blog post by Facebook VP of
Product Partnerships, Ime Archibong. The suspensions follow an ongoing investigation
after the "episode" in which data firm
Cambridge Analytica manipulated
Facebook user data to influence U.S. elections. Apps from close to
400 developers were involved. Those targeted showed a
"potential to abuse" Facebook
policies and had access to
“large amounts of information.” Ime Archibong, via
'The Washington Post' Following the Cambridge Analytica
scandal, Facebook was issued
a $5 billion fine by the the
Federal Trade Commission. Calls for intensive
regulations of tech giants,
including Facebook, continue.
Tens of Thousands of Apps The move was announced
in a blog post by Facebook VP of
Product Partnerships, Ime Archibong. The suspensions follow an ongoing investigation
after the "episode" in which data firm
Cambridge Analytica manipulated
Facebook user data to influence U.S. elections. Apps from close to
400 developers were involved. Those targeted showed a
"potential to abuse" Facebook
policies and had access to
“large amounts of information.” Ime Archibong, via
'The Washington Post' Following the Cambridge Analytica
scandal, Facebook was issued
a $5 billion fine by the the
Federal Trade Commission. Calls for intensive
regulations of tech giants,
including Facebook, continue.