After the row over the use of our data, should we ‘unfriend’ Facebook?

WHEN Mark Zuckerberg created Facebook, he did it with the best of intentions and has become fabulously wealthy as a result. Sadly, his creation has become a Frankenstein’s monster that can leave vulnerable young people open to paedophiles and terrorists, and can be misused by unscrupulous foreign governments who would interfere with our democracy. Facebook should close and Zuckerberg should spend some of his millions for the

good of mankind rather than defending the indefensible.

KEVIN J. BROWNE,

Leyland, Lancs. THE row over the collection of data could easily be addressed: we should adopt the same opt-out system proposed for organ donation rather than the lengthy small print that Facebook and other internet sites use, knowing few read it before ticking the consent box.

GERRY DOYLE, Liverpool.

ONE way of stopping information supplied in confidence by users of social