Making ads better and giving you more control on Facebook
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, your ad choices are different. Learn more about your ad choices
.
When we ask people about our ads, one of the top things they tell us is that they want to see ads that relate to things they care about. We learn about this primarily from your activity on Facebook, such as Pages or posts you like and posts or comments you make. We also learn about your interests from some of the websites and apps you use. We call this online interest-based advertising, and many companies do this.
How does this work?
Let’s say that you’re thinking about buying a new TV, and you start researching TVs on the web and in mobile apps. Based on this activity, we may show you ads for deals on a TV to help you get the best price or other brands to consider. And because we think you’re interested in electronics, we may show you ads for other electronics in the future, like speakers or a game console to go with your new TV.
Meta adheres to the framework established by the Digital Advertising Alliance, European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance and Digital Advertising Alliance of Canada, a coalition of organizations that develops privacy standards for online advertising, so if you don’t want us to use the websites and apps you use to show you more relevant ads, we won’t. If you don’t want Meta to use information based on your activity on websites or apps off Facebook for the purpose of showing you ads, you can opt out in your settings
. You can also opt out from all participating companies through the Digital Advertising Alliance
in the USA, the Digital Advertising Alliance of Canada
in Canada or the European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance
in Europe, or opt out using your mobile device settings.
How do I manage the ads I see?
People also tell us they want more control over the ads they see. That’s why we have Ad preferences. Your Ad preferences page lets you manage your ad experience on Facebook. For example, if you’re not interested in electronics, you can choose to “see less”
ads about electronics in the Ad topics setting in your ad preferences. You can also control the information we use to show you ads in your Activity information from ad partners setting
which is available in Ad settings from your Ad preferences.
You can also access your ad preferences from the “Why am I seeing this ad?”
tool from every ad on Facebook. Learn more about why you are seeing an ad here
.
To learn more, visit About Facebook Ads
or read our Cookies Policy
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