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How Zuckerberg will prevent future Cambridge Analytica scandals at Facebook: Rein in third-party apps |
April 05, 2018
In light of revelations that data from 87 million Facebook users was improperly harvested for use in targeting American voters, Facebook could have simply pledged to turn off the spigot to third-party developers. Instead, the company is fixing the plumbing. The company outlined nine initiatives to change how Facebook manages data given to third-party apps.There's one potential change users will actually see: Beginning April 9, Facebook will show a link at the top of the News Feed where users will be able to see what apps are using what data—and turn them off if they want. To read this article in full, please click here
Link: https://www.pcworld.com/article/3268041/software-social/how-facebook-will-prevent-future-cambridge-analytica-scandals-rein-in-third-party-apps.html#tk.rss_all
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