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Re:DeleteFB: Selenium script to delete all of your Facebook ... by idlewords on Monday May 20, 2019 @06:25PM (#19965915)
Facebook has no incentive to provide access to third parties. This data is their source of revenue; they sell services off of it.
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Re:DeleteFB: Selenium script to delete all of your Facebook ... by isostatic on Monday May 20, 2019 @11:26PM (#19967375)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambridge_Analytica
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Re:DeleteFB: Selenium script to delete all of your Facebook ... by kickopotomus on Tuesday May 21, 2019 @03:12PM (#19973737)
They did not sell information to Cambridge Analytica. As stated in the page you linked, the data was scraped using a 3rd party application requiring user opt-in. Now, there was a bug that allowed the app developer to also scrape data from the friends of the actual users but that has been patched and the developer's license has been revoked as the entire ordeal was against FB's licensing agreement.

I am not a fan of Facebook but this entire thread is just filled with misinformation.

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Re:DeleteFB: Selenium script to delete all of your Facebook ... by idlewords on Tuesday May 21, 2019 @09:46AM (#19970065)
Whoa, an encyclopedia site anyone can edit!
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Re:DeleteFB: Selenium script to delete all of your Facebook ... by r00fus on Monday May 20, 2019 @08:32PM (#19966658)
Except that they have repeatedly had gaping holes in their security that just happened to result in mass ex filtration...

It would’ve surprising if they didn’t capitalize on them.

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