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TL;DR: for those hitting a paywall:

1) Go to https://www.facebook.com/ads/preferences

2) Open the Lifestyle and culture tab under the Interests section

3) Find the US Politics box and see what Facebook thinks you are in the parentheses

Edit: Apparently I am targeted for ads related to bubble wrap.

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I really love the list of "advertisers whose ads you may see because you're on a contact list they uploaded to Facebook" that includes a bunch of people I don't know and with whom I have no affiliation.

Thanks. This is awesome. About the only thing they have right about me is under Interests: 'Women'. Ethnic affinity is Asian, which is wrong. I don't have a US Politics box

And of course you'll only have the "US Politics" box if you are in the US

(but I get "equivalent" results)

I get nothing at all. Maybe that's because I have never clicked on or published anything related to politics, I only share "sciency" links (and none related to politics). I long ago decided that the best way to "lose friends and alienate people" [0] is to push political content to your network.

[0] To those (few?) who don't know, that's a(n inverted) book reference.

Nope. Indian, but get "US Politics (Liberal)".

> Apparently I am targeted for ads related to bubble wrap.

Isn’t everyone?

It got my political leaning correct, but under advertisers: fast-payday-loan. I find that curious.

And I, "Derailment". Don't know where that came from, or even what it is.

Is there a way to get that info in the mobile app?

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