Facebook Announces Platform Policy Changes, Updates to Graph API, SDKs for iOS, Android

Facebook announced two changes to its platform policy for developers that will go into effect Nov. 5: Games that include mandatory or optional in-application charges must disclose those charges in their app descriptions, and users must not be offered incentives to use social plugins or like pages.

November5650Facebook announced two changes to its platform policy for developers that will go into effect Nov. 5: Games that include mandatory or optional in-application charges must disclose those charges in their app descriptions, and users must not be offered incentives to use social plugins or like pages.

The social network also announced the release of version 2.1 of its graph application-programming interface, as well as updated iOS and Android software-development kits.

Software engineer Harshdeep Singh announced all the developments in a post on Facebook’s developer blog, saying of the changes to the social network’s platform policies:

Games that include mandatory or optional in-app charges must now disclose this in their app’s description, either on Facebook or other platforms they support.

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