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Facebook Says It Has Suspended ‘Tens of Thousands’ of Apps Since March 2018

The actions are part of its Cambridge Analytica-inspired investigations of developers

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By David Cohen

September 20, 2019

Facebook said “tens of thousands” of applications associated with roughly 400 developers have been suspended from its platform since it began its investigation of app developers in March 2018 in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal.

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David Cohen is editor of Adweek's Social Pro Daily.

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