Facebook lets you delete personal data with new privacy tools

Options to delete your account are still ‘buried in a help menu’

Faith in social media platforms like Twitter and Facebook have plummeted
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Facebook has launched a host of new privacy features to help its users delete their personal data or monitor how it is collected.

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