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I detest meta as much as anyone but the idea it’s legally liable for collecting the data you are actively putting onto it’s sites is idiotic.
It's the law though. If you do business in the EU, you can only use data given to you for the exact purpose it was given to you for. If you want to sell it, you have to ask permission.
Mmmmm well, try harder.
It’s not necessarily the stuff you post, I actually think they don’t give a toss about your shoddy announcement of breakfast or casual whatevers. But they do love to collect your meta-data, to slap some ultra targeted ads right in your drooling facade and sell your profile to other advertisers for lolz and profit. Your IP address, your age and preferences, and the things you really like (for example your clicks on “like” but also your eye movements, your pauses when scrolling) instead of the things you say you like, tracking you across the whole goddamn internet. Also, you don’t need to be on Facebook at all to get tracked and sold (shadow profiles are the absolute shit).
Did you actively put a list of everyone you know and their phone numbers, maybe real world addresses on to any meta site? I guarantee they have it. Even if you know they took that data, I'm sure they've used it in ways you didn't intend.