Social media users say it is easy for sites to identify their race and interests | Pew Research Center

January 15, 2019

Facebook Algorithms and Personal Data

Social media users say it is easy for sites to identify their race and interests

Social media users say it is easy for sites to identify their race and interests

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Facebook Algorithms and Personal Data
Many Facebook users say they do not know the platform classifies their interests, and roughly half are not comfortable with being categorized
Social media users say it is easy for sites to identify their race and interests
A majority of Facebook users have 10 or more categories listed on their ad preferences page
Most Facebook users do not know the platform lists their interests for advertisers, and half are not comfortable with these lists
Some Facebook users do not agree with the political label the platform assigns them