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Most Facebook Users Still Unclear About How the Hell Targeted Ads Work: Pew Survey

There are plenty of very good reasons Facebook users should be extremely skeptical of the information the social media platform collects about them following years of data and privacy scandals.

ven with a majority of users noting that Facebook at least somewhat accurately assesses their interests, about half of users say they are not very or not at all comfortable with Facebook creating this list about their interests and traits.

Conversely, 5% of Facebook users say they are very comfortable with the company creating this list and another 31% declare they are somewhat comfortable.

But Pews survey indicates that in spite of all the noise Zuckerberg and other company heads have made about Facebook having The Best of Intentions, many of its users remain largely in the dark about how the company is collecting information about them.

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Author: Catie Keck

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