G.O.G Posted May 16, 2018 Posted May 16, 2018 Facebook Inc has so far suspended about 200 applications in the first stage of its software review with access to a large amount of user data, in response to a scandal by Cambridge Analytica policy consultancy. The applications were suspended pending extensive investigations into whether they misused some data, said Ime Archibong, vice president of product association at Facebook. Facebook said it has examined thousands of applications to date as part of an investigation announced March 21 by company CEO MarkZuckerberg. Zuckerberg said the social network will investigate all applications that had access to large amounts of information before the firm reduced access to data in 2014. "There is a lot of work to be done to find all the applications that have misused Facebook data and it will take time," Archibong said. "We have large teams of internal and external experts working hard to investigate these applications as quickly as possible," he added. Facebook was hit by a privacy scandal in mid-March after reports that Cambridge Analytica inappropriately accessed data to build US voter profiles and influence the 2016 presidential election, the América Economía web portal reported. The incident generated criticism among celebrities and caused the company to lose billions of dollars in market value. Zuckerberg apologized for the mistakes made by his company and testified before US lawmakers. However, the company recovered much of its lost market value after reporting a surprisingly strong 63% increase in profit and an increase in users when it announced its quarterly results on April 25.
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