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How to Stop Social Media Platforms From Tracking You When You Share Posts

Summary by Lifehacker
When you hit the share button on social media apps such as Instagram, Facebook, or Threads, these sites tack on a tracker to the link you're sharing. This tracker means that Instagram can tell who you've shared the link with, and it likely uses this information to further optimize its algorithm for ads. While the tech here is sneaky, it is easy to remove tracking information from these links. How do social media tracking links work?It's actually…

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Lifehacker broke the news in on Friday, March 13, 2026.
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