Facebook is giving developers until April 30 to update their apps to use the new login and Graph API the company introduced in April last year, before apps are updated automatically.

Finally, Facebook is allowing developers to run test queries through the Graph API Explorer App using their own access tokens.

The Facebook personality quiz at the centre of the Cambridge Analytica scandal was not an isolated incident. For five years, the Graph API left a gaping hole in Facebook’s defences.

Facebook is deprecating the Graph API Explorer App as of today, and the Profile Expressions Kit will deprecate on October 1. The latter is due to low adoption, Facebook said.

Facebook on Tuesday launched an upgraded search tool, Graph Search, that will scour the social network on a more sophisticated level.

The graph API is the primary way for Facebook apps to read and write to the Facebook social graph. Many apps use this API, but there are limitations to what it can do.

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