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Oh you can, just hit the "power off" button on your device and it'll have zero effects on you.

Or, Facebook could just not do that stuff.

Part of the problem is that FB still compiles and uses data on people even if they're not FB users. FB assuredly has plenty of data on you, and uses that as they see fit, regardless of if you've agreed to their terms or not. I would hardly consider that to be 'zero effects'.

Except when your friends take pictures of you and upload them. Facebook doesn't need you to have a device to affect you every single day

It's not FB who is in the wrong, they have no control over your friends' actions.

Sure, but they have all the control over the result of those actions.

I'm sure they will delete the illegal content if you ask them to. I've seen it happen several times already, it's a bit lengthy but functioning procedure.

It very much is FB in the wrong if they are using that data for anything.

Nope. Somebody breaks a contract and doesn't pay you and it's your fault? What?

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