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How to keep Facebook from using your profile photo in its ads

Earlier I posted about how Facebook is using our profile photos in its ads in distressing ways. It turns out there is a way to disable this. Unsurprisingly, Facebook does not broadcast this fact. But all you have to do is change a setting.

Just go to Settings in the upper right corner, and choose Privacy Settings. On the next screen, click on News Feed and Wall. Then choose the Facebook Ads tab.

The next screen will have a dropdown menu; change “Only your friends” to “No one.”

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