A brief guide into why Facebook doesn’t sell your data ------------------------------------------------------ You read that right. [Facebook](https://hackernoon.com/tagged/facebook) does not sell your [data](https://hackernoon.com/tagged/data), despite the widespread belief that it does. We at [_Exponential View_](http://www.exponentialview.co) united with [Qriously](https://www.qriously.com/) to research how people think about their data on Facebook, finding that [two-thirds misunderstand](https://shift.newco.co/two-thirds-of-the-u-s-population-wrongly-believe-facebook-sells-their-data-bfeec8385b42?source=user_profile---------10------------------) the ways the information they provide serves this business. Hoping to bring the machinery closer to you, we worked with [Tremendo.us](http://tremendo.us/) to illustrate the process. Understand it, share it, and educate others around you.  _Exponential View is a weekly newsletter about the exponential technologies and the society. It is read by 30k+ entrepreneurs, investors, technologists, and policy-makers._ [**_Subscribe_**](http://www.exponentialview.co)