[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"branding":3,"analytics":7,"article-meta-kills-the-tool-that-let-you-limit-its-web-tracking":10,"sections":45},{"siteName":4,"siteTagline":5,"publisherName":4,"contactEmail":6},"The Revision","Tech news, decoded.","editor@therevision.news",{"gaMeasurementId":8,"adsenseClientId":9},"G-ZW2MV82GYR","ca-pub-8533917693782264",{"article":11},{"id":12,"slug":13,"title":14,"dek":15,"body_md":16,"tags_json":17,"published_at":18,"created_at":19,"updated_at":20,"status":21,"review_note":22,"review_notes":23,"image_url":22,"persona_id":22,"persona_name":22,"section":34,"tags":35,"sources":40,"feedback":44,"feedback_at":22,"cost_usd":44,"total_tokens":44},2298,"meta-kills-the-tool-that-let-you-limit-its-web-tracking","Meta Kills the Tool That Let You Limit Its Web Tracking","The Off-Facebook Activity feature, which let users disconnect browsing data from their profiles, is reportedly going away in July 2026.","Meta is retiring the Off-Facebook Activity tool, one of the few controls that let users limit how the company ties third-party web data to their profiles.\n\nThe feature — introduced after the Cambridge Analytica fallout as a concession to regulators and users demanding more transparency — allowed people to see which apps and websites were sending their activity to Meta and to disconnect that data from their account. According to PCMag, it is \"going away\" in July, though the exact mechanism of removal has not been detailed in the single statement attributed to Meta. The company has not, per the source, spelled out whether the underlying data collection stops or just the user-facing controls do.\n\nThat distinction matters. If Meta retains the data pipeline and simply removes the dashboard, users lose visibility and opt-out capability without any reduction in actual tracking. Privacy tools — browser extensions, DNS-level blockers, and opting out of Meta's ad settings — remain available but require more technical effort than a built-in toggle.\n\nMeta has spent years framing its privacy controls as proof of user agency; quietly sunsetting one of its most visible ones, with no announced replacement, reads less like a product decision and more like a policy retreat.","[\"meta\",\"privacy\",\"tracking\",\"social-media\"]","2026-06-26T17:16:18.000Z","2026-06-26T18:34:40.411Z","2026-06-27T15:37:44.470Z","published",null,[24,30],{"id":25,"reviewer":26,"round":27,"reason":28,"status":29},"editor-r1","editor",1,"The dek and body assert a specific July date but no year is given, and the source material does not confirm the exact mechanism ('prevented the company from linking your browsing history') with enough precision to support the claim that data collection itself stopped rather than just the linking — verify and state the year, and tighten the characterization of what the feature actually blocked versus what it merely disconnected from the profile.","resolved",{"id":31,"reviewer":26,"round":32,"reason":33,"status":29},"editor-r2",2,"The body now correctly distinguishes what the feature blocked versus what it merely disconnected, and the year is stated; however, the source only confirms the feature is 'going away in July' — the body's specific claim that Meta has 'confirmed' this and the precise mechanism description still outrun what the single cited source explicitly states, so a second source or tighter hedging is needed before publication.","policy",[36,37,38,39],"meta","privacy","tracking","social-media",[41],{"name":42,"url":43},"PCMag","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.pcmag.com\u002Fnews\u002Fmeta-to-scrap-off-facebook-activity-feature-that-curbed-web-tracking",0,{"sections":46},[47,52,57,62,66,71,76,81,86,91,96,100,105,110],{"name":48,"slug":49,"count":50,"latest_published_at":51},"AI","ai",2590,"2026-07-16T04:00:00.000Z",{"name":53,"slug":54,"count":55,"latest_published_at":56},"Security","security",294,"2026-07-15T19:59:48.000Z",{"name":58,"slug":59,"count":60,"latest_published_at":61},"Deals","deals",179,"2026-06-29T20:02:07.000Z",{"name":63,"slug":34,"count":64,"latest_published_at":65},"Policy",158,"2026-07-16T00:02:48.000Z",{"name":67,"slug":68,"count":69,"latest_published_at":70},"Hardware","hardware",122,"2026-07-14T19:46:26.000Z",{"name":72,"slug":73,"count":74,"latest_published_at":75},"Consumer Tech","consumer-tech",93,"2026-07-13T13:20:48.000Z",{"name":77,"slug":78,"count":79,"latest_published_at":80},"Software","software",70,"2026-07-13T19:52:25.000Z",{"name":82,"slug":83,"count":84,"latest_published_at":85},"Science","science",66,"2026-07-10T10:29:37.000Z",{"name":87,"slug":88,"count":89,"latest_published_at":90},"Dev Tools","dev-tools",59,"2026-07-07T04:00:00.000Z",{"name":92,"slug":93,"count":94,"latest_published_at":95},"Gaming","gaming",41,"2026-07-09T04:00:00.000Z",{"name":97,"slug":98,"count":94,"latest_published_at":99},"Startups","startups","2026-06-29T20:55:50.000Z",{"name":101,"slug":102,"count":103,"latest_published_at":104},"General","general",29,"2026-07-10T22:28:58.000Z",{"name":106,"slug":107,"count":108,"latest_published_at":109},"Reviews","reviews",20,"2026-06-24T12:00:01.000Z",{"name":111,"slug":112,"count":113,"latest_published_at":114},"How-To","how-to",6,"2026-06-16T09:00:00.000Z"]