A situation occurs in which the user who created the 'App to unfollow Facebook all at once' is deleted from the account

When you log in to Facebook, the posts of the users you follow are lined up in a row, and many people forget the time and continue to browse the posts. In order to reduce the time spent browsing Facebook, a user who created an 'extension that deletes all followers at once' was requested by Facebook to stop publishing the extension, and the Facebook account was also deleted. ..

Facebook banned me for life because I created the tool appropriately Everything.

Louis Barclay says Facebook banned him for life --Protocol — The people, power and politics of tech
https://www.protocol.com/policy/unfollow-everything-facebook

Obtaining Everything cease-and-desist letter from Facebook
https://louisbarclay.notion.site/Unfollow-Everything-cease-and-desist-letter-from-Facebook-ea219169421b457bb7ce010b7bf9ce1f

Software engineer Louis Berkeley has deleted his Facebook account this time. Berkeley has been on Facebook for 15 years and has followed a large number of users. Mr. Berkeley's news feed, which followed a large number of users, displayed many posts, and he said that he was spending a long time browsing the news feed. One day, Berkeley realized he was in a Facebook addiction and manually unfollowed everything.

As a result of unfollowing, Berkeley spends dramatically less time browsing Facebook. Also, although the post is no longer displayed in the news feed, if you search for the name of the user who wants to view the post, you can view the post as before, so the relationship between Mr. Berkeley and his friend was maintained. Berkeley commented on his feelings when he unfollowed: 'I still remember the feeling of unfollowing for the first time. It was almost miraculous. You can see your favorite friends and groups by visiting the user page directly. I didn't lose anything because I was able to do it. The temptation from the news feed to display endless content has disappeared, and the time I spend on Facebook has dramatically decreased. '

It took several hours for Berkeley to manually unfollow him. Berkeley believes that there are many other Facebook users who have similar problems, and developed an extension for Google Chrome called 'Essentially Everything ' that allows you to unfollow all with one click, in July 2020. Published in. Consistent Everything has been downloaded about 13,000 times in total, and a few months after its release, a research team at the University of Neuchâtel in Switzerland said, 'I want to use Unfollow Everything to investigate the relationship between the time spent browsing Facebook and user well-being. We received a great response, such as receiving a proposal.

But in July 2021, Berkeley was asked by Facebook's Legal Department to remove Unfollow Everything. In addition, Facebook has deleted Mr. Berkeley's Facebook account and demanded that he never develop tools related to Facebook again. According to Mr. Berkeley, if the matter evolved into a proceeding and Mr. Berkeley lost the case, Mr. Berkeley had to bear the legal costs. Berkeley, who thought it was awkward to contend in court with a giant like Facebook, had no choice but to respond to Unfollow Everything's removal request.

In response to Facebook's request to delete accounts and unfollow Everything, Berkeley said, 'Facebook's behavior is not only anti-competitive, but also anti-consumer. Features prevent legitimate choices about how to use Facebook. Congressmen and regulators need to consider how Big Tech is blocking users' choices, such as through the platform's terms of service. There is. '

In addition, technology-related media Protocol asked Facebook to comment on this case, but did not get an answer.