{"id":24148,"date":"2024-03-13T02:10:19","date_gmt":"2024-03-13T10:10:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/2024\/03\/13\/news-17878\/"},"modified":"2024-03-13T02:10:19","modified_gmt":"2024-03-13T10:10:19","slug":"news-17878","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/2024\/03\/13\/news-17878\/","title":{"rendered":"New Facebook photo rule hoax spreads"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Some hoaxes on Facebook are years old, but like a cat with nine lives they keep coming back again and again. This is certainly the case with this most recent hoax.<\/p>\n<p>Fact-checking site Snopes is reporting on a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.snopes.com\/fact-check\/facebook-rule-photos-tv\/?utm_medium=Social&amp;utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1710162589-1\">hoax<\/a> that concerns Meta&#8217;s use of our photos, messages and other posts on Facebook. Users are told in numerous ways to repost something that contains the phrase:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>&#8220;I do not authorize META, Facebook or any entity associated with Facebook to use my photos, information, messages or posts, past or future.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{ &quot;core&quot;: \t\t\t\t{ &quot;image&quot;: \t\t\t\t\t{   &quot;imageLoaded&quot;: false, \t\t\t\t\t\t&quot;initialized&quot;: false, \t\t\t\t\t\t&quot;lightboxEnabled&quot;: false, \t\t\t\t\t\t&quot;hideAnimationEnabled&quot;: false, \t\t\t\t\t\t&quot;preloadInitialized&quot;: false, \t\t\t\t\t\t&quot;lightboxAnimation&quot;: &quot;zoom&quot;, \t\t\t\t\t\t&quot;imageUploadedSrc&quot;: &quot;https:\/\/www.malwarebytes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/03\/example.png&quot;, \t\t\t\t\t\t&quot;imageCurrentSrc&quot;: &quot;&quot;, \t\t\t\t\t\t&quot;targetWidth&quot;: &quot;758&quot;, \t\t\t\t\t\t&quot;targetHeight&quot;: &quot;380&quot;, \t\t\t\t\t\t&quot;scaleAttr&quot;: &quot;&quot;, \t\t\t\t\t\t&quot;dialogLabel&quot;: &quot;Enlarged image&quot; \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t}\" data-wp-interactive class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized wp-lightbox-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"758\" height=\"380\" data-wp-effect=\"effects.core.image.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-init=\"effects.core.image.initOriginImage\" src=\"https:\/\/www.malwarebytes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/03\/example.png\" alt=\"screenshot of the Facebook post disallowing Meta to use photos, information, and posts\" class=\"wp-image-106378\" style=\"width:700px\" \/><button class=\"lightbox-trigger\" type=\"button\" aria-label=\"Enlarge image: screenshot of the Facebook post disallowing Meta to use photos, information, and posts\"> \t\t\t \t\t\t\t \t\t\t \t\t<\/button>        <\/p>\n<div data-wp-body=\"\" class=\"wp-lightbox-overlay zoom\" data-wp-effect=\"effects.core.image.initLightbox\">                 <button type=\"button\" aria-label=\"Close\" class=\"close-button\">                                      <\/button>                 <\/p>\n<div class=\"lightbox-image-container\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized responsive-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"screenshot of the Facebook post disallowing Meta to use photos, information, and posts\" class=\"wp-image-106378\" style=\"width:700px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"lightbox-image-container\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized enlarged-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"screenshot of the Facebook post disallowing Meta to use photos, information, and posts\" class=\"wp-image-106378\" style=\"width:700px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"scrim\" style=\"background-color: #fff\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cHello <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/14.0.0\/72x72\/1f535.png\" alt=\"\ud83d\udd35\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em;max-height: 1em\" \/> It\u2019s official. Signed at 8:44 PM. It was even on TV. Mine really turned blue. Don&#8217;t forget that tomorrow starts the new Facebook rule (aka&#8230; new name, META) where they can use your photos. Don&#8217;t forget the deadline is today!!!<\/p>\n<p>I do not authorize META, Facebook or any entity associated with Facebook to use my photos, information, messages or posts, past or future.<\/p>\n<p>With this statement, I notify Facebook that<\/p>\n<p>it is strictly prohibited to disclose, copy, distribute or take any other action against me based on this profile and\/or its contents. Violation of privacy may be punishable by law.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s how to do it:<\/p>\n<p>Hold your finger anywhere in this message and \u201ccopy\u201d will appear. Click \u201ccopy\u201d. Then go to your page, create a new post and place your finger anywhere in the empty field. \u201cPaste\u201d will appear and click Paste.<\/p>\n<p>This will bypass the system\u2026.<\/p>\n<p>He who does nothing consents.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The first round of hoax posts similar to this one surfaced in 2012 (and have resurfaced many times since then). As you can see in this <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20121127171318\/https:\/newsroom.fb.com\/Fact-Check\">page on the Internet archives<\/a>, Facebook even issued a statement about it:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cFact Check<\/p>\n<p>Copyright Meme Spreading on Facebook<\/p>\n<p>There is a rumor circulating that Facebook is making a change related to ownership of users&#8217; information or the content they post to the site. This is false. Anyone who uses Facebook owns and controls the content and information they post, as stated in our terms. They control how that content and information is shared. That is our policy, and it always has been.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-it-s-not-a-real-thing\">It&#8217;s not a Real Thing<\/h2>\n<p>With all the\u2014legitimate\u2014concern around keeping personal data private, one can see why people fall for hoaxes like this. However, this copy-paste post does nothing. Facebook doesn&#8217;t get to \u201cown\u201d your content and you don&#8217;t need to make any declarations about copyright issues since the law already protects you.<\/p>\n<p>Equally, Facebook users cannot retroactively negate any of the privacy or copyright terms they agreed to when they signed up for their accounts, simply by posting a contrary legal notice on to Facebook.<\/p>\n<p>In other words, you agreed to Facebook&#8217;s terms of use and when you did, you provided Facebook with a right to use, distribute, and share the things you post, subject to the terms and applicable privacy settings. If that doesn&#8217;t sit well with you, it&#8217;s worth considering <a href=\"https:\/\/www.malwarebytes.com\/blog\/news\/2021\/06\/how-to-deactivate-or-delete-your-facebook-account\">deactivating or deleting your Facebook account<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Sharing posts like this &#8220;just in case&#8221; continues the hoax and unnecessarily worries people who might see your post. If you&#8217;re not sure about whether you should share something, it&#8217;s worth googling the post&#8217;s text to check if there are any alerts about it. <\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-check-your-own-digital-footprint\">Check your own digital footprint<\/h2>\n<p>If you are worried about how much of your data has been exposed online, you can try our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.malwarebytes.com\/digital-footprint\">free Digital Footprint scan<\/a>. Fill in the email address you\u2019re curious about (it\u2019s best to submit the one you most frequently use) and we\u2019ll send you a free report.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-malware-bytes-button mb-button\" id=\"mb-button-7ba16f0b-04e8-4679-9512-2f21a0971dcf\">\n<div class=\"mb-button__row u-justify-content-center\">\n<div class=\"mb-button__item mb-button-item-0\">\n<p class=\"btn-main\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.malwarebytes.com\/digital-footprint\">SCAN NOW<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\" \/>\n<p><strong>We don&#8217;t just report on threats &#8211; we help safeguard your entire digital identit<\/strong>y<\/p>\n<p>Cybersecurity risks should never spread beyond a headline. Protect your\u2014and your family&#8217;s\u2014personal information by using\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.malwarebytes.com\/identity-theft-protection\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Malwarebytes Identity Theft Protection<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.malwarebytes.com\/blog\/news\/2024\/03\/new-facebook-photo-rule-hoax-spreads\" target=\"bwo\" >https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/feed\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> A hoax telling people to copy and paste a copyright notice on Facebook has been making the rounds since 2012. Can we make it go away? 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