By Josh Beckerman

 

Facebook Inc. (FB) said it has made "meaningful progress" in its app developer investigation that began in March 2018 as part of the company's response to Cambridge Analytica issues.

"We initially identified apps for investigation based on how many users they had and how much data they could access. Now, we also identify apps based on signals associated with an app's potential to abuse our policies," the company said.

Facebook said the investigation has addressed millions of apps, and tens of thousands of those have been suspended.

The company said the apps that have been suspended are associated with about 400 developers, and "this is not necessarily an indication that these apps were posing a threat to people." Many of the apps weren't live, and in many cases, apps were suspended because developers didn't reply to a request for information.

 

Write to Josh Beckerman at josh.beckerman@wsj.com

 

(END) Dow Jones Newswires

September 20, 2019 13:55 ET (17:55 GMT)

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