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zip1234 on Dec 9, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: Facebook tracking is illegal in Europe

I don't think it is quite that they make money selling data--they are selling ad impressions targeted with the data.

Nextgrid on Dec 10, 2022 [–]

They are selling manipulation, spam, and sometimes fraud and enablement of criminal activity based on that data.

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