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- Facebook has been rocked with controversy in 2018, including multiple incidents where it came out that its users' data was compromised or misused.
- These scandals have led Facebook to express their outrage with the hashtag #DeleteFacebook, which then went trending across social media.
- Here some of the famous names and notable figure who have said they have - or are planning to -delete their Facebook accounts in protest.
To put it in simple terms, Facebook has had a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad year.
The #DeleteFacebook hashtag went trending this year, as users went online to blast the popular network for its neverending series of controversies and scandals. Facebook made headlines in 2018 for its failure to curb hate speech, the spread of fake news across the platform, and the misappropriation and misuse of customer data - including a hacking attack that saw some users' data stolen.
A study from April found that 1 in 10 Americans have deleted their Facebook over privacy concerns - a figure that doesn't reflect the most recent wave of scandals. People leaving the platform have included a number of prominent figures and celebrities who have publicly vowed they had, or would be, quitting Facebook.
Here are celebrities who have said this year they have (or planned to) delete their Facebook: