Facebook suspended 200 apps

In a blog post, Facebook said it conducted a thorough review of all apps that had access to users' personal data before changing the company's privacy policy to tighten rules on access to personal information.

By now, an impressive team of experts is reviewing thousands of applications; about two hundred have already been suspended until a full audit is carried out. The ongoing investigation is designed to detect evidence of information abuse on their part.

Mark Zuckerberg noted the company's determination to protect personal data and its readiness to block individual applications if the network has problems with their audit. Facebook announced their intention to do everything necessary to reassure network users.

Recall that the spring scandal erupted after the news that Cambridge Analytica illegally obtained data 50 million Facebook usersand used them to target political advertising during the election campaign. Based on the collected data, the researchers assessed the political preferences of voters and addressed them with advertising that directly fell within their area of ​​interest. Cambridge Analytica is a private British analytics company that uses data mining technologies to develop strategic communications for online election campaigns. After a month and a half of scandal, the company began bankruptcy proceedings, despite the fact that it considers its actions not only legal, but also widely recognized as a standard component of online advertising in both political and commercial spheres.

Such a statement perfectly reveals the essence of the problem of protecting personal data on the Internet. The concentration of personal information allows for unlimited influence and extensive manipulation of the user’s consciousness. 

Given the number of applications used by the user today that require identification information, the leading companies Telegram and Microsoft already offer their solutions for storing users’ personal data. 

According to https://techfusion.ru