How to permantly delete your data from Facebook

Facebook, in what is being seen as the largest ever security fine levied on a company for disregarding consumer information, will pay a staggering $5 billion to the Federal Trade Commission for privacy violations of its users. The Mark Zuckerberg-led company has also agreed to improve the said practices and create an “independent privacy committee”.

The penalty comes in the backdrop of the infamous Cambridge Analytica scandal last year and increased scrutiny on tech firms. Last year, after WhatsApp was linked to forwarded messages that led to mob lynching of over a dozen people in several parts of India, prompting the Facebook-owned messaging app to roll out new features to curb fake news.