Facebook feature destroys cell phone bills

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Soon after Facebook began auto-playing videos in customers' newsfeeds this summer, people started complaining that Facebook was eating up their monthly data allowances, resulting in sky-high cell phone bills. The fix, fortunately, is an easy one: Just change the auto-play settings to "Wi-Fi only" or "off."

First published December 16, 2014: 11:26 AM ET

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