The programmers of the most popular social networking site in the world made sure that deleting an account from this site is not the easiest task. The reason is not only that our profile is no longer displayed on the website. If we can achieve this, we will only be halfway to success. The other half will be achieved if we download all ours from Facebook taxes.
How do I delete an account? Remember the archive
If you are convinced of this, that you will never be again When using Facebook, it is worth remembering the concept of how the entire system functions. It is worth being aware that the entire portal is based on very heavy frames archives. As the administrators themselves claim, complete deletion of all data may take up to 90 days.
First, download the data from the archive
When deciding to permanently delete your account, it is worth downloading all your data from the archive first. To do this, go to "Settings", then find the link that says "Download a copy your data from Facebook".
We will then be redirected to the archive dialog. To go inside and complete the data download process, enter your password with which you log into your account. By doing this, we will be able to download our information from the archive.
Now you can delete your account
After this is done, we can proceed to the permanent deletion of the account. To do this, click on the page http://www.facebook.com/help/contact.php?show_form=delete_account. After that, Facebook will inform us about the continuity of this process in the following message: “If you feel that you will no longer be using Facebook and want to delete your account, we can take care of it. However, please note that you will not be able to reactivate this account or recover any content you have added there. If you still want to delete your account, click "Send". Then follow the instructions that will guide you through the entire process.
Controversy around Facebook
More and more people decide to delete their Facebook accounts due to the recent scandals that have erupted around this social networking site. The largest one is related to the uncontrolled outflow of user data to Cambridge Analytica, which could have influenced the voting results during the last elections in United States. FROM founding the company Cambridge Analytica is about collecting data to create appropriate networks of users, connected to each other in one way or another.
It would not be surprising if not for the fact how the company decided to collect the data. In the first place, they were obtained through the so-called "Anonymous data collection application for research purposes". They turned out to be insufficient for Cambridge Analytica, so they decided to conduct "anonymous surveys, for which you could earn anywhere from a dollar to two for one form to complete." However, in order to withdraw money, you had to download an application that accessed all the data contained in your Facebook account.
Shocking scale
As it turned out, such activities allowed the collection of private information about over 50 people millions users. Due to the logic of operation of this company and the fact that personalized content can be created based on the collected data, it is believed that such activities could have had a decisive impact on Donald Trump's victory in the last presidential election in USA. The situation is even more controversial afterniebecause Cambridge Analytica obtained this data in a not entirely official and legal way.
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