Facebook Ads using YOUR name & picture – WTF?

Today while logged into Facebook I looked in the upper right coner of my screen, and saw the word Advertisement. Not much of a surprise except for the fact that the ad below had my friend Jessica’s full name and photo, and pointed out that she had recently joined a certain FB group.

I saw her tonight and asked her about it. She didn’t seem to know that her name and photo were being used in ads on Facebook. Strange, right?

So, I looked it up tonight and found that if I go into Privacy > News Feed and Wall, there is a tab called “Social Ads” where you can turn this feature off if you wish.

I always say “Facebook has its merits” but the one thing I wish they would do is provide a comprehensive settings page where you could see and edit all of the privacy settings. It seems like the hardest thing to do on Facebook is prevent it from giving information out, and find the nooks and crannies involved in shutting things off.

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