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date: '2018-10-09'
title: "Facebook isn't sorry — it only wants more data"
description: "We've already given it so much, why stop now? No one else is going to delete Facebook, so why should I? Facebook understands this — the data tells them so. It also tells them that slickly produced videos and contrite congressional testimony are small ways to ameliorate lingering public concern."
draft: false
tags: ['social media', 'privacy']
---

**[Charlie Warzel:](https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/charliewarzel/facebook-isnt-sorry-it-just-wants-your-data)**

> We've already given it so much, why stop now? No one else is going to delete Facebook, so why should I? Facebook understands this — the data tells them so. It also tells them that slickly produced videos and contrite congressional testimony are small ways to ameliorate lingering public concern.
>
> But the real truth lies in the company's innovations and ambitions, products like Portal. Facebook doesn't really care. And maybe we don't either.

[Delete Facebook.](https://deletefacebook.com)<!-- excerpt -->
