In a recent episode of Last Week Tonight, John Oliver tackled Meta's harmful practices, including their role in spreading misinformation and hate speech. He highlighted the change in content moderation policies and their financial motives. Oliver encouraged viewers to make themselves less valuable to Meta by altering privacy settings, which could diminish the company's advertising revenue, primarily derived from user data tracking. He provided resources, including a humorous but practical guide linked to a memorable URL, instructing viewers on how to safeguard their online privacy from Meta's data collection.
Meta generates 98% of its revenue through advertising, driven by its powerful ad platform that allows companies to micro-target people based on massive troves of data collected by tracking you.
John Oliver encourages viewers to cut into Meta's revenue by changing privacy settings to limit data tracking, providing a guide to help viewers protect their data.
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