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Fb suspends tens of hundreds of data-scraping apps following its Cambridge Analytica investigation

Fb has suspended tens of hundreds of apps that experience by hook or by crook mishandled person records as the corporate faces a spread of U.S. investigations and possible regulatory movements.
Facebook has suspended tens of thousands of apps that have in some way mishandled user data as the company faces a range of U.S. investigations and potential regulatory actions.

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Author: Christopher Carbone

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