Following discussions with Ireland’s Office of the Data Protection Commissioner, Facebook will now allow users across the globe to modify the way they see ads in the site's own settings instead of utilizing a third party to get the same results, The Independent reports. "We're introducing an additional way for people to turn off this kind of advertising from the ad settings page right on Facebook," said Facebook Global Deputy CPO Stephen Deadman. "If you choose to use this tool, it will become the master control for online interest-based advertising across all of your devices and browsers where you use Facebook." Meanwhile, Facebook hopes that a U.S. appeals court will permit its $20 million settlement regarding the "challenge to its use of social media images in advertising features" to stand.
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