The investigation was kickstarted after the Cambridge Analytica scandal.
it suspended tens of thousands of third-party apps—more than it had previously reported—as part of its ongoing investigation after the Cambridge Analytica scandal into what data about its users outside developers can collect from the platform.
The suspended apps, which can collect data when users log in with their Facebook username and password, are associated with 400 developers. Facebook said the apps were suspended for a variety of reasons and doesn’t mean they were all posing a threat to users. Many were suspended because developers didn’t respond to Facebook’s request to hand over information on how they collect user data.
Many of the suspended apps weren’t live but were test apps that may have never been rolled out. It is common for developers to have several test apps.one called myPersonality that shared information with researchers and companies.
with the Federal Trade Commission, Facebook must annually certify developers to make sure they are in compliance with the company’s policies.: While the investigation into how much data third-party developers can collect from Facebook addresses the crux of the criticism surrounding the Cambridge Analytica incident, it doesn’t address how much data Facebook itself collects from third-party websites and its users.
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