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Stefan Bohacek
@stefan@stefanbohacek.online  ·  activity timestamp 6 days ago

Not really huge news as many of us use ad-blockers and other privacy tools, but Facebook's data-harvesting "Like button" is finally going away.

https://developers.facebook.com/blog/post/2025/11/10/platform-evolution-facebook-social-plugins-to-be-discontinued-february-2026/

via https://www.engadget.com/meta-is-killing-off-the-external-facebook-like-button-205207354.html

#news #TechNews #SocialMedia #facebook #meta #DataPrivacy

Engadget

Meta is killing off the external Facebook Like button

Next year will see the end arrive for two of Facebook's external social plugins.
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Albert Cardona
@albertcardona@mathstodon.xyz replied  ·  activity timestamp 6 days ago

@stefan

Does this mean the Facebook "like button" isn't needed any more to track us all?

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Stefan Bohacek
@stefan@stefanbohacek.online replied  ·  activity timestamp 6 days ago

For a bit more context, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook_like_button#Tracking:

"Social network like buttons on websites other than their own are often used as web beacons to track user activities for targeted advertising such as behavioral targeting combined with personally identifiable information, and may be considered a breach of Internet privacy."

Facebook like button - Wikipedia

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