Facebook stops 400 application

Facebook stops 400 application
Facebook stopped more than 400 applications used to collect user data after investigating and investigating how its developers handled user data. The social network said it stopped applications because of concerns about developers who built it or how to use the information people chose to share with the application.
It also announced that it had banned the application of myPersonality, which collected information on more than 4 million people. The company said the application developers had refused to allow it to perform a review and said it had found no evidence of data misuse, but said concerns about how to handle the data.
Facebook has refused to name the 400 applications it has suspended, but has made it clear that the number has doubled since May and is now conducting more in-depth investigations. This information is the latest example of the implications of the Cambridge Analytica scandal, Million people to create profiles and ads targeting potential voters.
Facebook said it was alerting all 4 million people who used the myPersonality application to warn them that their data had been misused. The company suspended the application in April, noting that it had not been active on the platform since In 2012.
"When the application was suspended three months ago, I asked Facebook to clarify the policies that the application violated, but so far they have not been able to mention," said David Stillwell, a developer of the application. Any cases ".
David Steewell established myPersonality at Cambridge University in 2007. He later joined the efforts of researcher Michal Kosinski, who published a study showing that Facebook Likes can be used to predict personality traits and even political leanings.
This study provided inspiration for the implementation of thisisyourdigitallife, the application that Cambridge Analytics provided. MyPersonality classified Facebook users based on five personal attributes, while users shared the application's core profile information, including their date of birth, place of birth, and level of education , As well as the records of the likes they received within Facebook.
Stellwell said the application obtained the user's consent to collect data, and did not collect information about the user's friends, but the ban came because developers did not consent to the application examination of Facebook, in addition to the company's fear of application according to its collection of very sensitive data, Reveals how a person can be nervous or flat.
The social network after the Cambridge Analytics scandal moderated the application data sharing policies, and Ime Archibong, vice president of Facebook product partnerships, said the application had been blocked because the review request was not approved and it was clear that he had shared the information with researchers and companies with protection Ltd., the company will continue to investigate applications and make the necessary changes to the platform to ensure that Facebook is doing all it can to protect people information.
The company also announced that it will withdraw the application of the private network Onavo Protect from the App Store applications after violating Apple's data collection policies, and this free application creates an encrypted VPN connection that directs the Internet activities through the servers managed by Facebook, and alerts the application users when the sites Which they visit harmful.
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