Facebook Is Rolling Out A Tool To Limit Data Gathering

BARBARA ORTUTAY / AP, Time
Tue, 08/20/2019 - 11:26pm

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Soon, you could get fewer familiar ads following you around the internet — or at least on Facebook. Facebook is launching a long-promised tool that lets you limit what the social network can gather about you on outside websites and apps. The company said Tuesday that it is adding a section where you can see the activity that Facebook tracks outside its service via its “like” buttons and other means.

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