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Facebook blocks thousands of apps from accessing user data

In its latest efforts at combating privacy abuse of its users, Facebook announced that it has cut off API access for hundreds of thousands of inactive apps. These apps have not submitted for Facebook's app review process and hence, are facing the wrath of the tech giant who is still reeling out of the Cambridge Analytica scandal, Mashable reported.

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In its latest efforts at combating privacy abuse of its users, Facebook announced that it has cut off API access for hundreds of thousands of inactive apps. These apps have not submitted for Facebook's app review process and hence, are facing the wrath of the tech giant who is still reeling out of the Cambridge Analytica scandal, Mashable reported.

Facebook had given the deadline of August 1 for developers to get their apps reviewed. Now those who have missed it still have a chance to submit their apps for review. 

In its latest blog post, Facebook also revealed that it has added more human moderators to review content for hate speech. Facebook is doubling the team size to 7,500 content reviewers to scan the thousands of posts shared on the platform each minute, Engadget reported.

These content reviewers undergo weeks of intensive training to understand the process related to content reviewing. Facebook also uses artificial intelligence to tackle unwanted content on its platform. 

Facebook recently also said that it has initiated a series of measures, including blocking fake accounts to combat fake news, proactively monitor abuse and increase advertisement transparency as part of its efforts to prevent outsiders' interference in any general elections across the world.

Facebook has been facing criticism for helping to spur violence and for its policies surrounding misinformation in general. Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook's founder and CEO, had to face grilling in the US and in the European parliament over the Cambridge Analytica scandal, in which Facebook was accused of unduly influencing the 2016 US electoral process.

With inputs from ANI

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