Facebook continues to take various measures to counter the recurring violations of its privacy policies a rather sensitive issue that has emerged since the scandal Cambridge Analytica a company which was suspended from the platform in March of this year and which finally closed its doors two months later

On this occasion, the social network decided to suspend temporarily Crimson Hexagon a Boston-based firm specializing in data analysis . The above was reported by the Wall Street Journal . According to the US newspaper, the company is under investigation for a possible violation of Facebook's privacy policies however, this fact has not yet been confirmed. As a result, the suspension remains as temporary as possible

The action taken by Facebook comes from recent information that revealed the possible involvement of third parties in the Cambridge Analytica case. The information indicates that the data of 87 million Facebook users would have been sold by an external researcher at Cambridge Analytica.

Crimson Hexagon is a company that has contracts with the United States Government to analyze the data public Facebook and other sources of information. It is known that maintains a working activity with a Russian organization which has links with the Kremlin. Renowned companies such as Paramount Pictures, Adidas, General Motors and Twitter are also among its customers. Through the survey, we want to determine if the company gets private information from users.

According to Facebook's statements, up to now have not found any evidence that could confirm any type of violation to their confidentiality standards, in addition to confirming that Crimson Hexagon is actively collaborating with them in the investigation. The company Menlo Park is expressed in a statement:

We do not allow developers to make monitoring tools using Facebook or Instagram. We take these allegations seriously, and we have suspended these requests while we investigate.

For its part, the company involved refused to make statements in this regard. According to information provided by Crimson Hexagon himself on his website, currently have a trillion of public publications from various social networks, including Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Reddit, in addition to websites and forums discussions that are usually a good source of information.