Facebook suspends 'tens of thousands' of apps in privacy review
San Francisco- Facebook said on Friday it suspended tens of thousands of apps on its platform as a result of its review on privacy practices launched following the scandal involving Cambridge Analytica.
The review was launched in 2018 after revelations that the political consultancy hijacked personal data on millions of Facebook users and included attorneys, external investigators, data scientists, engineers, policy specialists and others, according to a Facebook statement.
The suspensions are not necessarily an indication that these apps were posing a threat to people, said a statement from vice president of partnerships Ime Archibong, adding that some did not respond to our request for information.
Archibong said the investigation has addressed millions of apps. Of those, tens of thousands have been suspended for a variety of reasons while we continue to investigate.
The huge social network became the subject of intense scrutiny after acknowledging in 2018 that Cambridge Analytica misappropriated personal data on tens of millions of Facebook users as part of its work for Donald Trump's presidential campaign.
