An extension to understand and thwart targeted advertising on Facebook
Facebook ads have become more and more commonplace. They are not only annoying, but they also open up a very important discussion regarding transparency on how these large corporations take and use their customers’ data. Fuzzify.me is a browser extension that allows users to track ads that Facebook gives them. It is presented as an Ads Stream, a stream similar to the Facebook feed. Below the ads is an explanation about why the user is getting that ad. Additionally, the extension allows users to clean ads preferences. All the user has to do is choose the categories whose data they want to remove, and click on the “Clean Checked Preferences Now” button. The extension will remove the data at once. If you want to learn more about and clean targeted ads, Fuzzify.me is a pretty good extension to have around.
