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Meta starts kicking Australian children off Instagram and Facebook (www.bbc.com)

submitted 11 months ago by schizoidman@lemmy.zip to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] Rothe@piefed.social 25 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Of course. They are gathering data from people who have never even had a meta account.

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[–] sqgl@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 child)

Yes because if someone installs the Facebook app they have had their phone contacts list slurped. They then build a map of our circles of friends.

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[–] HertzDentalBar@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 11 months ago

It's not just that, look into pixel. It's harvests your data on almost every website.

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