It even tracks us in the real world. Then it sells us out to corporations, scammers -- just about anyone.
Mark Zuckerberg has said he built Facebook to "get access to information about anyone." Now, he says he wants to "do more to keep us safe.” If he’s sincere, he should make it easy to opt out of being targeted by his manipulation machine.
Sign the petition to tell Mark Zuckerberg to make it easy for us to protect our friends and family from manipulators and scammers.
After signing the petition, you can follow our step-by-step guide to block Facebook from profiting from all the information it collects about you, your family, and your friends. Taking these steps will make Facebook safer -- and send a message that we will not be manipulated.
Use the following instructions on a desktop browser:
1. | Go to fbpurity.com/install.htm and install FB Purity app on your browser | ![]() ![]() |
2. | Go to facebook.com/ads/preferences | ![]() |
3. | Under Your interests, click Clear Interests with FBP. | ![]() |
4. | Under Advertisers, click Clear Advertisers with FBP. | ![]() |
5. | Under Your Information, toggle the following to off: Relationship status Employer Job title Education |
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6. | Under Your Information, delete Your Categories, remove each one individually by clicking the | ![]() |
7. | Under Ad settings, set the following categories to: Ads based on data from partners to Not allowed Ads based on your activity on Facebook Company Products that you see elsewhere to No Ads that include your social actions to No One |
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8. | Go to facebook.com/settings?tab=privacy | ![]() |
9. | Set the following categories to Friends: Who can see your future posts? Who can send you friend requests? Who can see your friends list? Who can look you up using the email address you provided? Who can look you up using the phone number you provided? |
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10. | Set Do you want search engines outside of Facebook to link to your profile? to No | |
11. | To limit who can see your friends and the pages you follow: Visit your profile page and click Friends Click in the top right Click Edit Privacy Change Who can see the people, Pages and lists you follow? to Friends |
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12. | Install Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)’s Privacy Badger extension on your browser to stop tracking. | |
13. | Don’t use Facebook to log in to other websites. | ![]() |
Now that you've completed the guide, let people know you've turned off targeted ads!