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How to limit Instagram from using your data for AI and ads
You can keep Instagram from using your activity outside the app to influence the ads you get.
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You can keep Instagram from using your activity outside the app to influence the ads you get. Charles-McClintock Wilson/Shutterstock Instagram can make an ad feel almost telepathic. Browse a product on another site, and an ad for the same thing may appear in your feed minutes later. Despite its uncanny accuracy, Meta says it doesn't use your phone's microphone to listen in on your conversations to serve those ads.
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