Facebook said that it will review its platform to find out the potential bugs.
After being in headlines fo rall the wrong reasons worldwide due to the data breach by Cambridge Analytica, Facebook on Thursday came in the damage control mode.
Facebook CEO Mark Zukerberg said, "We will conduct a full audit of any app with suspicious activity. If we find developers that misused personally identifiable information, we will ban them from our platform.”
"Now, Facebook will expand its bug bounty program so that people can also report to us if they find misuses of data by app developers", he added.
Facebook said that it will review its platform to find out the potential bugs.
The social media platform also informed that in case it will ban or remove any app from its platform, it will then notify its users about the persons who have used it.
"If someone hasn’t used an app within the last three months, we will turn off the app’s access to their information.", it said.
It said it will also restrict Facebook Login data and will make relevent settings in Login.
"We will reduce the data that an app can request without app review to include only name, profile photo and email address. Requesting any other data will require our approval,
" it said.
"We already show people what apps their accounts are connected to and control what data they’ve permitted those apps to use. Going forward, we’re going to make these choices more prominent and easier to manage.
We will also reward people who find vulnerabilities."
"We will expand Facebook’s bug bounty program so that people can also report to us if they find misuses of data by app developers, "it said.
Facebook's statements came after reports being surfaced that the data analytics firm, Cambridge Analytica that helped Donald Trump get elected president was able to amass data on 50 million users Facebook users without their permission that has sent Facebook’s market value down nearly $50 billion since Friday.
Facebook said it was pressing Cambridge Analytica for answers, after getting assurances from the firm in 2015 that it had deleted all data. Facebook has hired forensic auditors from the firm Stroz Friedberg to help.
Meanwhile, UK-based firm linked to President Donald Trump, Cambridge Analytica is now facing a government search of its London office, questions from US state authorities, along with a demand by Facebook that it submit to a forensic audit.
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