G'day,

I struggle to understand how people can be  scammed on Facebook – but even more so, why the Albanese government is  letting its parent company Meta run riot. Maybe because in my experience, ignorance is bliss.

I can clearly remember when I deactivated my Facebook account in 2011. It was simple, a few clicks and after about four years or so on the platform, I was unplugged.

Back then, my feed was filled with my friends and contacts posting about the holidays they were on or making other innocuous chatter like what they had for breakfast – and I was hooked. I’d post something and couldn’t help reaching for the app, wanting to know how many likes or comments my thought bubbles were attracting.

I was addicted – and of course the platform is designed to keep giving you those dopamine hits. It was Christmas, 2010 when I realised the toxic grip it had on me. My cousin posted she was bored of our family gathering. I saw it and questioned her on it, in my typically cheeky manner. But my sense of humour wasn’t appreciated and a row ensued. Over one silly post...

Read more from The Australian's Technology editor Jared Lynch on why he chose to give up on Meta's Facebook below.

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