TIL: Meta Business Activity

They have too much data.#Contents Footnotes Every now and then I come across something that reminds me just how much data Meta has on us. A friend pointed me to this option in Meta Accounts Center called “Activity from other businesses”, which shows “activity sent from other businesses or organizations to show you relevant content.” Their main help page doesn’t even work in my region :/ I thought I’d already turned off all the data-farming settings, but apparently not. To my surprise, I found multiple websites like Canva, K&F Concept, and several others I’ve used before — sites that have absolutely nothing to do with Meta, and in some cases don’t even have a share button that might hint at a Meta Pixel1 Meta Pixel is a small JavaScript snippet that website owners embed to track visitor activity and measure advertising performance. . These websites are sending data to Meta without our knowledge! You can check yours too via this link, clear the existing activity, and disable future…