I don't think most people would have truly understood how much control Facebook had over their phone with the access given. It's not as simple as "the user clicked 'I consent,' so it's ok." For better or worse, we have become conditioned to clicking "I agree" because we are bombarded with hundreds of pages of legalese to use anything these days. I don't think this absolves companies from acting ethically.

https://9to5mac.com/2019/01/29/facebook-paying-teens-vpn/

Someone from BBC showed just how much of a joke this consent form is anyway:

https://twitter.com/DaveLeeBBC/status/1090528627005902848/ph...