Facebook said Wednesday that it shared user data with thousands of Developers even after access should have expired. The social network said it fixed the issue, but the mistake allowed an estimated 5,000 developers to continue receiving user data for a longer time than expected. 

In 2018, Facebook said that developers would no longer have access to certain user data if the person hadn’t use the developer’s app in the last 90 days. People can use their Facebook account to log into various apps, which provides developers information such as their birthday, email, friends list and hometown. The social network made the change in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal that year. UK political consultancy Cambridge Analytical harvested data from up to 87 million users without their permission, sparking concerns that Facebook wasn’t doing enough to safeguard user