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– You gave Facebook your number for security. They used it for ads (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News October 3, 2018

Contrary to user expectations and Facebook representatives' own previous statements, the company has been using contact information that users explicitly provided for security purposes – or that users never provided at all – for targeted advertising.
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