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Facebook doesn’t sell your data. Why would they? Having your data is their competitive advantage. They sell access to you based on the data they have.


> Facebook doesn’t sell your data.

A distinction without meaning. Here's your original statement: "no other place thinks that their citizens are too dumb to make informed choices."

Questions:

At which point do you make informed choice about the data that Facebook collects on you?

At which point do you make informed choice about Facebook tracking you across the internet, even on websites that do not belong to Facebook, and through third parties that Facebook doesn't own?

At which point do you make an informed choice to let Facebook use any and all data it has on you to train Facebook's AI?

Bonus questions:

At which point did Facebook actually start give users at least some information on the data they collect and letting them do an informed choice?


> At which point do you make informed choice about the data that Facebook collects on you?

You make an “informed choice” when you create a Facebook account, give Facebook your name, date of birth, your relationship status and who you are in a relationship with, your sexual orientation, when you check in to where you have been, when you click on and buy from advertisers, when you join a Facebook group, when you tell it who your friends are…

Should I go on? At each point you made an affirmative choice about giving Facebook your information.

> At which point do you make informed choice about Facebook tracking you across the internet, even on websites that do not belong to Facebook, and through third parties that Facebook doesn't own?

That hasn’t been the case since 2018.

https://martech.org/facebooks-removal-of-third-party-targeti...

With ATT, Facebook doesn’t collect data from third party apps at least on iOS if you opt out. It’s cost Facebook billions of dollars

https://www.forbes.com/sites/kateoflahertyuk/2022/04/23/appl...

> At which point did Facebook actually start give users at least some information on the data they collect and letting them do an informed choice?

https://www.vox.com/2018/4/14/17236072/facebook-mark-zuckerb...


The existence of Meta's shadow profiles [0] means there is no "informed choice" to be made. They will track you with or without your consent.

[0] https://www.theverge.com/2018/4/11/17225482/facebook-shadow-...


You did see my link where Facebook stopped doing that in 2018? You notice you can’t find any newer references.




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