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#deletefacebook Mar 21, 2018 18:05:38 GMT 2

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Post by Una on Mar 21, 2018 18:05:38 GMT 2

Facebook’s troubles entered a fourth day with a rising chorus of people – including the co-founder of WhatsApp – joining the #DeleteFacebook movement as the Federal Trade Commission was reported to be investigating the company’s handling of personal data.

WhatsApp co-founder joins call to #DeleteFacebook as fallout intensifies (theguardian.com)

The Facebook founder has been called to give evidence to the digital, culture, media and sport committee after revelations over the use of its data by the election consultancy Cambridge Analytica.

MPs summon Mark Zuckerberg, saying Facebook misled them (theguardian.com)

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#deletefacebook Mar 24, 2018 0:00:04 GMT 2

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Post by Una on Mar 24, 2018 0:00:04 GMT 2

Calls to abandon Facebook (FB) have swirled all week after news broke that data of about 50 million users was harvested by political analytics firm Cambridge Analytica. On Friday, Musk joined in on the backlash by deleting the official Tesla (TSLA) and SpaceX pages from the platform.

Elon Musk deletes Facebook accounts for Tesla and SpaceX (cnn.com)

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#deletefacebook Mar 25, 2018 22:31:09 GMT 2

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Post by Una on Mar 25, 2018 22:31:09 GMT 2

Facebook logs texts and calls, users find as they delete accounts (theguardian.com)

Facebook makes it hard for users to delete their accounts, instead pushing them towards “deactivation”, which leaves all personal data on the company’s servers. When users ask to permanently delete their accounts, the company suggests: “You may want to download a copy of your info from Facebook.” It is this data dump that reveals the extent of Facebook’s data harvesting – surprising even for a company known to gather huge quantities of personal information.