( CNN ) -- The social networking site Facebook on Monday pulled a third-party application that allows users to create polls after a site member built a poll asking if President Obama should be killed . There are more than 350,000 applications on Facebook . The company says it disables any that violate its terms . The U.S. Secret Service , the agency assigned to protect the president , has launched an investigation , agency spokesman James Mackin said . `` As is usually the case , our vigilant users reported it to us first , '' Facebook spokesman Barry Schnitt told CNN . `` The USSS [ Secret Service ] sent us an e-mail late this morning PDT asking us to take it down . At that point , it had already been removed , and we let them know . '' Schnitt said the application `` was immediately suspended while the inappropriate content could be removed by the developer and until such time as the developer institutes better procedures to monitor their user-generated content . '' Watch report on Facebook poll » . Facebook allows third-party developers to create applications -- such as polls and quizzes -- which are then made available to Facebook users , who use the applications to create specific content . Users may choose to make their content available to the general population of Facebook or limit it only to their friends . In this case , Schnitt said , the user made the poll asking whether Obama should be killed available to the general public . The possible responses to the poll were `` yes , '' `` maybe , '' `` if he cuts my health care '' and `` no . '' Schnitt said the poll `` appears to have been posted over the weekend . '' CNN 's Martina Stewart contributed to this report .
Site member built poll asking if president should be killed . Social networking site pulls third-party application that allows users to create polls . Possible poll responses : `` yes , '' `` maybe , '' `` if he cuts my health care '' and `` no '' Facebook lets third-party developers create applications such as polls , quizzes .