> Your only choice as individual user is to leave the platform. For some platforms, even this is not an option. Case in point: LinkedIn (owned by Microsoft).

> Your only choice as individual user is to leave the platform. For some platforms, even this is not an option. Case in point: LinkedIn (owned by Microsoft). I get "friend" suggestions about a friend that I know is not on LinkedIn. He's absolutely social-media averse, and would never be on LinkedIn (or FB, for that matter). But LinkedIn continues to claim that I can connect with him. How did they get his email address? Because some third person (who emailed both of us) probably shared his contacts with LinkedIn.