Facebook
says it has suspended Boston-based analytics firm Crimson Hexagon while it
investigates how it collects and shares Facebook and Instagram's user data.
Facebook
has been facing increased scrutiny over how third-party firms use its data
since news broke in March that data firm Cambridge Analytica improperly
accessed user data.
The Wall
Street Journal first reported that Facebook had suspended Crimson Hexagon. The
newspaper says among the firm's clients is a Russian nonprofit with ties to the
Kremlin.
Facebook
said Friday that so far its investigation hasn't found evidence that Crimson
Hexagon obtained Facebook or Instagram information inappropriately.
Crimson
Hexagon says on its website it has access to over one trillion consumer conversations
from social media, forums, blogs and reviews. It did not respond to a request
for comment.
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