In a blog post, privacy-focused messaging platform Signal pulled back the curtain on how Facebook uses personal data to serve targeted advertising. The post publicizes a series of Instagram ads it created using Facebook's advertising tools to show how the social network employs various categories of data into its techniques. As they explain, "companies like Facebook aren't building technology for you, they're building technology for your data." More specifically, to sell advertising driven by your data. Meanwhile, EURACTIV reveals that Facebook fears regulators demands for privacy and transparency on data sharing are contradictory demands.
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