Is It Time To Get Rid Of Facebook?

If you’re fed up with Facebook, you’re not alone.

The New York Times reports that #DeleteFacebook appeared more than 10,000 times on Twitter within a two hour period Wednesday.
On Tuesday, it was mentioned more than 40,000 times.

News broke this weekend that a data firm with ties to President Donald Trump’s campaign accessed personal information from about 50 million Facebook users without their knowledge.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg finally broke his silence about it Wednesday, saying Facebook will take steps fix what he called a “breach of trust”

Zuckerberg appeared on CNN Wednesday night and promised to find out who is responsible.

“We’re going to do a full investigation into every app that had access to a large amount of data from around this time before we locked down the platform,” Zuckerberg said. “If we see anything suspicious – which I think that there probably were signs in this case that we could have looked into – we’re going to do a full forensic audit.”

But what if you’re ready to drop Facebook altogether?
It’s not easy to completely delete your account.
First, you need to make a request to the company and that process alone can take several days.
If you log in during this time, your request will be canceled.
It can take up to 90 days to delete everything.

You can also deactivate your account, which essentially makes your profile dormant, hiding it from everyone but lets you return if you change your mind.
But deactivating your account still allows Facebook to access your data.