Mozilla launches Facebook Container extention to stop Facebook from tracking users

The recent Cambridge Analytica  controversy has propelled Mozilla Firefox to launch an online extension that prevents Facebook from tracking users when they click on ads or links that take them off the facebook.

The extension named Facebook Container will automatically delete Facebook Cookies and automatically logs you out everytime.

When you install  Mozilla Firefox  Facebook Container extension,  the website opens in a new Blue-coloured browser tab or “container” tab.  Once you click on a non-Facebook link , the pages load in another tab.

However, if you click on a Facebook Share button in another tab it will load them within the Facebook container tab.

Because you will be logged into Facebook only in the Container, embedded Facebook comments and Like buttons in tabs outside the Facebook Container will not work. This prevents Facebook from associating information about your activity on websites outside of Facebook to your Facebook identity.