Facebook suspends 200 apps in investigation into data misuse

Facebook said Monday morning that it had suspended "around 200" applications on its platform — out of "thousands" that have been reviewed — so that it can pursue a deeper probe into whether they misused data.

Why it matters: The social giant is investigating the possibility that other developers with access to large amounts of their user data gathered and mishandled information, like Cambridge Analytica, the Trump-linked firm whose data harvesting set off a privacy reckoning for Facebook.