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    Facebook Tracks Your Political View

    If you'd like to check where Facebook thinks you stand on politics, take the following steps:

    Go to your settings –> ads –> your information –> your categories –> and look at the category of US politics

    Categories include very liberal, liberal, moderate, conservative or very conservative.
    https://www.wptv.com/news/national/h...nd-on-politics

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    There is no such thing in my categories. Not even a Norwegian version of the same.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Colonel View Post
    There is no such thing in my categories. Not even a Norwegian version of the same.
    I think they classify all Norwegians as "socialist".

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    Quote Originally Posted by John View Post
    I think they classify all Norwegians as "socialist".
    ok

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    Yep. Very conservative. It appears you can delete the stuff in categories. Although this may be due to a question I answered somewhere before in FB. Not sure. I may have told it I was very conservative at some point.

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    I don't think it's that big a deal.. it's in the "ads" category, they're just trying to find stuff I'll buy.

    I never do though.

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    Expats don't seem to have any politics. This shows that Facebook really is that stupid. I think I like it that way. I wonder if I'll have a political category when I visit the US in the summer.

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    The preferences for political persuasion my not show up in different countries due to privacy laws.

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    So does anyone dare post their "political status according to Facebook" ?


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    Quote Originally Posted by Colonel View Post
    So does anyone dare post their "political status according to Facebook" ?

    I did in my post above. 'Very Conservative'.

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