Facebook has extended the grace period for deleting accounts from the social media platform to 30 days.
Facebook, an American online social media and Social Networking service company has extended the grace period for cancelling or deleting main accounts from the Social Media platform to thirty days.
In the beginning, online social media giant used to give a grace period of 14 days to users who had preferred to cancel or delete their accounts. Once the end date of the grace period completes, the network would erase all the information posted by the user.
Facebook spokesperson was quoted by the Verge saying, “we’ve seen people try to log in to accounts they’ve opted to delete after the 14-day period. The increase gives people more time to make a fully informed choice.”
Facebook has over 2.2 billion monthly active users as of January 2018. The popularity of the network has led to prominent media coverage for the company, including significant scrutiny over privacy and the psychological effects it has on users.
In recent years, it has confronted intense pressure over the quantity of Fake News stories, hate speech and depictions of violence prevalent on its services, all of which it is trying to counteract.
