I heard Meta were planning to change their EULA/Terms of use and planned to opt out in anyway possible. But I was nicely surprised to see not only the EU but UK can opt out using the short form above. Although I think it is cheeky to require a reason…
I assumed the EU would be covered but the UK would be left out. Thank goodness for GDPR
You can learn a lot more by reading this how to guide or watching this video.
Update just 55mins later
I got this email from Facebook/Meda
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