Facebook has just released a tool that lets you turn off some third-party tracking. But changing the new setting requires 9 different clicks, in a corner of the site that most users will never see.

Here’s how to go turn it off now. (1/6) https://t.co/UBhJTSUWXi

— EFF (@EFF) January 29, 2020

Yikes.Just deleted FB's Off-Facebook activity tracker after checking out the plethora of apps I use that share info with it.This story tells you what to do. Facebook will now show you exactly how it stalks you — even when you’re not using Facebook https://t.co/C4HTLug7xj

— Donna Chisholm (@Donna_Chisholm) January 28, 2020

Facebook is really innovating in the space of new but fake privacy featureshttps://t.co/12AoEkchcC

— Ashwin Rodrigues (@shwinyo) January 29, 2020

Facebook’s new “Off-Facebook Activity” tracker will show its users what data it gathers from partnering websites, apps, and stores. The @washingtonpost concludes, “You might be shocked or at least a little embarrassed by what you find in there."https://t.co/hQyquN0xWS

— PEN America (@PENamerica) January 28, 2020

We're happy to see Facebook taking this step toward transparency and user control, and hope other companies follow suit.

But the burden shouldn't be on users to manage ever-changing privacy settings. Real change will require stronger data privacy laws. https://t.co/qDC8ysrsjY

— EFF (@EFF) January 29, 2020

"This unfathomable bounty of information will likely give plenty of Facebook users a cold, edifying shock—if they can find it. But it is not a service, really," @kait_tiffany writes in @theatlantic https://t.co/O2zqTXLd6Z

— Privacy Project (@PrivacyProject) January 28, 2020

Libraries: don’t send patron data to Facebook. If you have FB share icons on your site, root them out. Spyware does not belong on our sites!!! https://t.co/UeN2U9RoZJ pic.twitter.com/uMnrmdSBJB

— Barbara no more wars forever (@bfister) January 29, 2020

The obsolescence of “notice & consent” as privacy control: “Confronted by 1000s of bullet points about the past 180 days of my life, I find the collection impossible to derive meaning from. I’m flattened by its completeness; I’m galled by its omissions.”https://t.co/WDVCy3gaoI

— Frank Pasquale (@FrankPasquale) January 29, 2020

This, from ⁦@Kaitlyn_tiffany, is fascinating:⁩ https://t.co/2pBLqP5kgd

— Jeffrey Goldberg (@JeffreyGoldberg) January 29, 2020

facebook let me see all 685 times i opened tinder in the last 6 months, by giving me a ZIP folder full of HTML files with only numbers for names https://t.co/qiksepHe2N

— Kaitlyn Tiffany (@kait_tiffany) January 28, 2020

Have you ever looked at your Off-Facebook Activity??https://t.co/0MVerup6pp
cc @tom_peters @dorait

— Shantha Mohan, Ph.D. (@ShanthaRMohan) January 29, 2020

I freaked out when I saw what sites were telling Facebook about me https://t.co/vEpLeirDOm

— Valerian Saliou (@valeriansaliou) January 29, 2020

Starting the Decade by Giving You More Control Over Your Privacy - About Facebook https://t.co/mkWF6Cemu5

페이스북 개인 정보 삭제, 설정하는 메뉴 생기는데 15년이 걸렸군요. 근데 삭제가 제대로 되긴할지 의문이군요

— lunamoth (@lunamoth) January 29, 2020

We’re sending reminders to nearly 2 billion people to review their privacy settings on @facebook. Also, now everyone can manage their info off FB using our new OFA tool. More here: https://t.co/VpWaQ9N8UH #DataPrivacyDay

— Rob Sherman (@rmsherman) January 28, 2020

Zuckerberg on #DataPrivacyDay announces users will be able to clear their off-site activity Facebook receives from other businesses https://t.co/kbZnKplN3p pic.twitter.com/DAqeSDaxy6

— Cristiano Lima (@viaCristiano) January 28, 2020

Happy Data Privacy Day! The holiday they knew you always wanted since they have access to all your data https://t.co/JXDE3reUga

— Josh Elman (@joshelman) January 28, 2020

"Starting the Decade by Giving You More Control Over Your Privacy" https://t.co/ALFjmDArS7

— ?Nariman (@NarimanGharib) January 28, 2020

Starting today, Facebook is introducing their new ‘Off-Facebook Activity tool’.

It gives you the ability to see what information businesses are sharing with Facebook and clear it from your account if you want to. https://t.co/AxoX705d8r

— Chris Mikulin™ (@cmikulin) January 28, 2020

28th Jan | Happy #DataPrivacyDay

Days like these citizens need to voice out their rights to personal info that govts & institutions have continuously mismanaged. @Facebook is more focused, when it comes to protection of users data ? https://t.co/iBdbyvV8oo

— Ssuna Ronald (@OfficialSsuna) January 28, 2020

Facebook is rolling out new privacy controls https://t.co/Q3QEyA1JoV

— Matt Navarra (@MattNavarra) January 28, 2020

Why your free software is far from free https://t.co/Rb1GNWQLpk

— Recode (@Recode) January 29, 2020

Why your free software is far from free https://t.co/OCIs6gayyB

— Vox (@voxdotcom) January 29, 2020

Important advisory: #Facebook's new "Clear History" button doesn't clear shit. Here's a reasonably plain-English explanation: https://t.co/QBIAQl4SxX #privacy #fail

— Kagan MacTane (@kmactane) January 29, 2020

Facebook states they 'receive more details and activity than what appears here', for example, 'information we've received when you're not logged into Facebook'.

And, of course, the 'clear history' tool doesn't actually remove all the data collected: https://t.co/Le0cSU3XEK

— Wolfie Christl (@WolfieChristl) January 29, 2020

this breakdown of fb's new "clear history" tool took two editors, multiple hours and reams of adtech know-how to explain

"clear" my ass https://t.co/dNwQlLwvgL

— sh⚤shana w⚤dinsky (@swodinsky) January 28, 2020

Welp... ??‍♀️ RT @Gizmodo: Facebook’s ‘Clear History’ tool doesn’t clear shit https://t.co/0QQgS8g7rT #tech #privacy

— Stephanie Humphrey (@TechLifeSteph) January 29, 2020

Do yourself a favor - get off @Facebook

I scalled back my activity in 2009 and left for good in 2011 and I couldnt be happier. https://t.co/LVgwGZKc4t

— Wildkat Photography (@wildkatphoto) January 29, 2020

Facebook's 'Clear History' Tool Doesn't Clear Shit - https://t.co/mO22mGiUmm

페이스북 히스토리 삭제 기능 실제로는 히스토리 삭제하지 않고 페이스북과 타사 연결만 제거하는 것이였군요. 역시 사용자 기만의 페이스북 답군요

— lunamoth (@lunamoth) January 29, 2020

Facebook's 'Clear History' Tool Doesn't Clear Shit https://t.co/KwSaZNmxQg

— Alan W. Silberberg (@IdeaGov) January 28, 2020

Off-Facebook Activity Is Too Confusing to Be Useful - The Atlantic

Assume that every website you visit tattles on you to the social-media behemoth. https://t.co/k45lVdnG0W

— PrivacyDigest (@PrivacyDigest) January 29, 2020

If you haven't checked out Facebook's new privacy tool, you might want to sit down before you check what FB has been tracking from your online activity - https://t.co/t2DtnGQZd7

— Becky Yoose (@yo_bj) January 29, 2020

After quitting Facebook in 2017, @thesullivan rejoined a few months ago under an assumed name and has used it for a grand total of an hour. That hasn't stopped Facebook from getting information about him from 309 apps and websites. https://t.co/3RZBbMjdES

— Katharine Schwab (@kschwabable) January 29, 2020

?Facebook News ?

ICYMI: ?"One of our main goals for the next decade is to build much stronger privacy protections for everyone on Facebook." - - #Facebook

More here: ?https://t.co/rDmYIBFvTe#SocialMedia #News pic.twitter.com/yNZKNdrOGj

— Socialbakers (@socialbakers) January 30, 2020

Facebook, Google and the true cost of free software - Vox https://t.co/RINuUX7g6D

— Evan Kirstel (@evankirstel) January 30, 2020

This speaks to those 3rd party apps used on Twitter which everyone is under the illusion is free. You're paying one way or another.
Why your free software is never free https://t.co/vWIoXjVjsa via @voxdotcom

— ?????1??? AKA "Smalls" (@small1ldy1) January 30, 2020

Facebook tracks your web and app activity, here’s how to disable Off-Facebook Activity #Facebook #tracking #privacy #thirdpartytrackinghttps://t.co/ZggUfbVpNU pic.twitter.com/d5EQ0Qfzwm

— Jason Bouwmeester (@JustAnotherJay) January 29, 2020

Tracking outside user expectations is a critical concern also: Point @aainfopro to this piece out yesterday Facebook's 'Clear History' Tool Doesn't Clear Shit https://t.co/K2REvK32tC via @gizmodo

— Michelle Manafy (@michellemanafy) January 29, 2020

There’s no privacy on Facebook, just the illusion of privacy https://t.co/VqXqagszqg

— Matt Southern (@mattgsouthern) January 29, 2020

?? Only deepens my skepticism of Data Privacy Day ?? https://t.co/cYax7ZqHkT by @swodinsky

— Benjamin Powers (@benjaminopowers) January 29, 2020