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I wish they'd delete my WhatsApp account. I got rid of WhatsApp years ago, when I got rid of everything Facebook-related, but they still tell people that I have WhatsApp. Every so often I get an SMS from them telling me that I'm missing out, and the people who use WhatsApp to contact me are basically being told that I'm ignoring them.
And, yes, I have closed my account and even emailed them asking for this to be sorted, even emailed them demanding my data under GDPR but they didn't even answer. Why respect my autonomy as a human when they could emotionally blackmail me into compliance?
Have you tried been a spambot?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_data_protection_authority
Tell your countries responsible authority and they will deal with it.