A month ago, Mark Zuckerberg promised to investigate apps that collect Facebook user data, and the results of those investigations have finally been made public.
Facebook announced in an official blog post that around 200 apps have been suspended for potential misuse of its users' data. The statement comes after a review initiated due to the Cambridge Analytica.
The social media company claimed that “thousands” of apps have been audited. The 200 apps mentioned will undergo a “thorough investigation” to determine whether or not their developers have used user data.
The company had reviewed all apps that had access to large amounts of data before introducing changes to its privacy policy in 2014 – which restricted access to data. Zuckerberg had announced that apps that failed this review would be banned from the platform.
Ime Archibong, a spokesperson for Facebook's Product Partnerships department, writes that the investigation is in full swing. They will be conducting hearings, and sending requests for information (to find out in detail what kind of data the apps had access to).
In addition, they will conduct audits, including inspections of the apps in question. The blog post says that when it finds evidence of apps that have misused data, Facebook will ban them and notify users through this websiteif their data has been leaked.
