Facebook will subject personality quiz apps to 'heightened scrutiny'

Which delayed half-measure response to a giant privacy catastrophe are you?

A) Take serious and measured steps to address the underlying issues at hand.

B) Shrug and ignore it because your business model depends on surveillance capitalism.

C) Pay more attention to the personality quiz apps on your platform. 

If you answered "C," then congratulations! You're Facebook! The company announced today via blog post that it's removing access for a number of APIs, and, in addition, personality quiz apps will get a closer look going forward.

Anyone familiar with the Cambridge Analytica scandal — in which a researcher used a personality quiz to gather data on Facebook users and their friends — can now rest easy knowing that the barn door has finally been partially closed.  Read more...