How to delete your Facebook account now

Mark Zuckerberg kicked off Facebook's F8 developer conference this week with a keynote detailing a number of his grand visions of the future. Augmented reality, chat bots and a rather grim-looking social VR app called Spaces are the next-generation products Mr Zuckerberg will use to keep us glued to our screens. While the social network is a handy tool for staying in touch with friends and organising events, it's become bigger and far more powerful than the site many of us originally signed up to. Facebook can be and has been called out for a wide range of perceived misdemeanors. In some circles, it's long been viewed as a rather sinister threat to privacy and criticised for its tax practices, but more recent issues, such as the spread of fake news, the site's approach to illegal content and incredibly disturbing uses of Facebook Live are particularly troubling.