If this alarming privacy warning pops up on your Facebook, here’s why you must ignore it
Every now and again there’s an annoying message that does the rounds on Facebook walls announcing dramatic and radical changes to Facebook’s privacy settings
EVERY now and again there’s an annoying message that does the rounds on Facebook walls announcing dramatic and radical changes to Facebook’s privacy settings.
The scaremongering message insists that unless you copy and paste the whole message onto your own wall Mark Zuckerburg is about to expose all your secrets on the social media site.
This is, in fact, not the case.
As a business Facebook isn’t in the habit of upsetting their customers so if you spot the anxiety inducing message just ignore it.
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In a statement in 2012 Facebook said: “There is a rumour circulating that Facebook is making a change related to ownership of users’ information or the content they post to the site. This is false.
The most recent version -
Deadline tomorrow !!! Everything you’ve ever posted becomes public from tomorrow. Even messages that have been deleted or the photos not allowed. It costs nothing for a simple copy and paste, better safe than sorry. Channel 13 News talked about the change in Facebook’s privacy policy. I do not give Facebook or any entities associated with Facebook permission to use my pictures, information, messages or posts, both past and future. With this statement, I give notice to Facebook it is strictly forbidden to disclose, copy, distribute, or take any other action against me based on this profile and/or its contents. The content of this profile is private and confidential information. The violation of privacy can be punished by law (UCC 1-308- 1 1 308-103 and the Rome Statute). NOTE: Facebook is now a public entity. All members must post a note like this. If you prefer, you can copy and paste this version. If you do not publish a statement at least once it will be tactically allowing the use of your photos, as well as the information contained in the profile status updates. DO NOT SHARE. Copy and paste.
“They control how that content and information is shared. That is our policy, and it always has been.”
The annoying message has a number of incarnations but one thing is consistent – they have no effect on Facebook’s rights over your images and other content you upload to the site.