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AL MaMun (4 Golds)
Saturday, 21 Sep 2019, 11:38 PM
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Facebook shut down millions of apps after the Cambridge Analytica scandal. After investigating their software developer ecosystem, millions of apps have been closed. On Friday, Facebook authorities made the claim. According to a Facebook blog post, millions of apps have been investigated so far. Millions of applications have been canceled for various reasons during the investigation. Cambridge Analytica, the UK's election consulting firm, used $ 5 million illegally collected from Facebook to propagate Donald Trump's ad in the US presidential election. After the scandal leaked, Facebook launched an investigation. Cambridge Analytica is best known for its support of Donald Trump in the US presidential election of 20. It is believed to have played a role in Trump's victory. The company, however, claims they did not use any information collected from Facebook on Trump's campaign. Christopher Wiley, a former London-based Cambridge Analytica activist, has revealed the disappearance of Facebook users. He was the first to say that his former workplace had a role in the referendum on the US presidential election and the question of Brexit in the UK. Alexandra Kogan, a lecturer at Cambridge University, assisted Cambridge Analytica in this regard. He created a special app and left it on the Facebook platform. Through it, he collected the personal information of billions of users and sold it to Cambridge Analytica. According to Christopher Wiley, Cambridge Analytica processed those data and provided the Republican candidate Donald Trump's campaign camp in the US presidential election of 20. Not only that, the potential Republican voters were identified by analyzing the data. At first, it was estimated that Cambridge Analytica might have captured the information of five million Facebook users. However, Facebook authorities later acknowledged that the data of 10 million users was lost. In August of last year, there were various criticisms against Facebook. It is learned that various applications are illegally accessing information from Facebook. This information is being used for various purposes without the user's permission. In addition to creating a crisis of users' trust on Facebook, the Facebook authorities were facing criticism. Facebook authorities have announced that they will investigate all app data collected on their platform. Facebook said many of the app makers they investigated did not provide information on their request. So those apps have been shut down. In addition, many apps are unlawfully sharing information collected from Facebook by not following Facebook's policies. Facebook has also sued several app makers over allegations of non-cooperation. Apart from spreading malware against these app makers to collect information from Facebook, there are various allegations. References: CNBC. Answered by AL MaMun (4 Golds) Saturday, 21 Sep 2019, 11:38 PM |