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Facebook suspends 200 apps pending investigation into data misuse

By Kelly Cohen
Published May 14, 2018 1:56pm ET
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Facebook suspends 200 apps pending investigation into data misuse
Facebook has suspended 200 apps amid an wide-ranging investigation into misuse of user data. The apps were not named, but in a blog post Monday morning, Facebook said they will be suspended pending a thorough investigation into whether they misused data. The investigation comes after it was revealed that Cambridge Analytica, which was a data […]

Facebook has suspended 200 apps amid an wide-ranging investigation into misuse of user data.

The apps were not named, but in a blog post Monday morning, Facebook said they will be suspended pending a thorough investigation into whether they misused data.

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