That's a horrible analogy. Facebook's data use policy specifically says "While you are allowing us to use the information we receive about you, you always own

That's a horrible analogy. Facebook's data use policy specifically says "While you are allowing us to use the information we receive about you, you always own all of your information" [1], so nobody should laugh when people claim it's their data. It's just that as part of sharing the data with Facebook, you give them extensive rights over what they can do with it. [1] https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/your-info https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/your-info