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Re:Meta prohibited from using personal data for advertisement by britneybitch on Wednesday January 04, 2023 @11:08AM (#34247272)
> not tracking them across the internet

FB's like button, found on many websites, tracks you across the internet whether or not you click it.

https://news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/facebook-to-pay-90-...

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Re:Meta prohibited from using personal data for advertisement by jefftk on Wednesday January 04, 2023 @11:17AM (#34247432)
That's not what this case was about, though. It's about whether FB is allowed to log your behavior on their properties and use that to choose which ads to show you.
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Re:Meta prohibited from using personal data for advertisement by whimsicalism on Wednesday January 04, 2023 @11:16AM (#34247410)
Right, and maybe that should not be permissible but this decision is about on-site personalization based on stuff like the interests you enter into Facebook yourself.
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