Facebook has removed more than 400 applications

After the scandal with the leak of information associated with Cambridge Analytica, the user of the social network has tested thousands of applications.

Employees of Facebook since March 2018 after the scandal of the Cambridge Analytica has stopped working more than 400 applications in the social network because of fears for the safety of users ‘ personal data. This is stated in the company statement.

“Since the beginning of our investigation, we have studied thousands of applications. And we stopped more than 400 of them due to concerns about their development, or on how could be used the data that people provided the application. We now examine this much more carefully,” said the company.

In Facebook also clarified that, under the new rules in the social network, if the user within 90 days did not go to the app, it will not be able to get information about it.

We will remind, this spring it became known that as a result of a massive leak of personal data of users of Facebook at the disposal of the British company Cambrigde Analytica could get information 87 million users of the social network.

Because of this incident, the company was in the midst of a massive scandal.

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