You could finally control your Facebook data if UK law is passed

Britons might soon be able to request that their embarrassing social media posts be taken down and records of their existence wiped, according to new proposals outlined today. The new bill will transfer the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation into UK law, as well as making a few additions and amendments. It's currently possible to delete any of your own posts manually, but that doesn't necessarily remove the information from social media companies' databases. According to Facebook's terms and conditions, "some things can only be deleted when you permanently delete your account." While not all requests for deletion will be granted – companies can decline on the grounds of freedom of expression, and when the information of scientific or historical importance – those involving information posted by or collected from children will nearly always be honoured.