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Rotation and accelerometer data? So they want to know how you hold the phone in your hand when using the app? lol
Probably meant to be a way to estimate where you are if you have GPS turned off
iirc Google uses motion data to track if you're walking, biking, car, etc, so I wouldn't be surprised if Facebook/Meta did the same.