Finding It Tough To #DeleteFacebook? Here’s How You Can Still Protect Your Data

The hashtag #DeleteFacebook began trending on social media after reports of Cambridge Analytica’s massive harvest of Facebook user data surfaced last week. Multiple media outlets responded by reminding us that we have the option to delete our Facebook accounts.

But not everyone may want to do anything as radical as deleting the app. Here's how you can take back control of you Facebook account and protect your data.

Here’s all you need to know about Facebook’s data scandal:

• Understanding the Facebook-Cambridge Analytica Story: QuickTake
• How Facebook Made Its Cambridge Analytica Data Crisis Even Worse
• Meet the Psychologist at the Center of Facebook's Data Scandal
• Facebook Ex-Employee Tells U.K. Lawmakers Data Warnings Ignored
• Facebook’s Zuckerberg Outlines Steps to Protect User Data
• Facebook Sued Over Data Disclosure to Cambridge Analytica