Facebook has announced that it suspended Cambridge Analytics and Strategic Communication Laboratories (SCL) Group from its platform for fraudulently obtaining Facebook user data and then using it to run election ads on US president Donald Trump’s behalf.
Facebook justified its move as a step towards the protection of user information as SCL/ Cambridge Analytica further violated Facebook’s policies.
It has further introduced a process whereby all apps requesting detailed user information will go through Facebook’s App Review process, which requires developers to justify the data they’re looking to collect and how they’re going to use it – Read full story ›
Source: The Drum
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