Facebook suspends 200 apps pending investigation into data misuse

Source: Washington Examiner | May 14, 2018 | Kelly Cohen

Facebook has suspended 200 apps amid an wide-ranging investigation into misuse of user data.

The apps were not named, but in a blog post Monday morning, Facebook said they will be suspended pending a thorough investigation into whether they misused data.

The investigation comes after it was revealed that Cambridge Analytica, which was a data firm that worked with President Trump’s 2016 campaign, improperly harvested the information of roughly 87 million users without their knowledge.

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