Facebook suspends tens of thousands of apps following data investigation
Source: Washington Post
Facebook revealed Friday that it had suspended “tens of thousands” of apps that may have mishandled users' personal data, part of an investigation sparked by the social giant's entanglement with Cambridge Analytica. The suspensions — far more than the hundreds against which Facebook has taken action against in the past — occurred for a “variety of reasons,” the company said in a blog post, without elaborating. They were associated with about 400 developers.
“This is not necessarily an indication that these apps were posing a threat to people,” said Ime Archibong, the company’s vice president of product partnerships. “Many were not live but were still in their testing phase when we suspended them."
The revelations are likely to reignite calls for heightened regulation of Facebook, while infuriating critics in Congress, who believe the social-networking giant had escaped tough punishment for its past privacy abuses.
The Federal Trade Commission issued a record-breaking $5 billion fine and other penalties against Facebook for allowing Cambridge Analytica, a political consultancy, to harness personal data on millions of users through the use of a quiz app. The incident prompted Facebook to conduct a full audit of third-party developers on its platform. The FTC did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/09/20/facebook-suspends-tens-thousands-apps-following-data-investigation/
Seems like an awfully long time to get around to this!
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Zuck needs his billions, he's still a young man.
in Silicon Valley this week to scoop up all those campaign $$$$$ from "libertarian" Big Tech assholes.
fuckerberg sure looks happy in that photo.
...not a black hoodie and jeans. Probably the best it's gonna get.
