Facebook has suspended around 200 apps from its platform following an initial review of apps that had access to large amounts of user data. The action is part of an ongoing audit of third-party applications running on the social media platform following the Cambridge Analytica data misuse scandal, where data gathered from a third party app was used to access profiles of over 87 million users and serve them targeted election ads. The company announced on its blog that it has reviewed “thousands of apps” with access to Facebook user data and suspended 200 of them “pending a thorough investigation into whether they did in fact misuse any data.” The suspension of 200 apps doesn't necessarily mean each of them is a Cambridge Analytica-style scandal; rather these 200 apps will be subject to a "thorough investigation into whether they did in fact misuse any data." The company says that if any misuse is detected it will be announced on this website. "It will show people if they or their friends installed an app that misused data before 2015." A report on Recode notes that this number will likely grow. A company spokesperson told Recode that Facebook is still very early on in the audit process. The company has not shared the exact number of apps under review but has said that thousands are under audit. So it is very likely that the number of suspensions will rise. Facebook trying to limit app activity Last month, Facebook and Instagram announced a…
