Do not fall into the trap of privacy on Instagram

By
Ciara O & # 39; Rourke
on Thursday, August 22, 2019 at 14:07

If you do not see this hoax about Instagram privacy in your social media feeds, it may have come to your attention after US Secretary of Energy Rick Perry. published on his account.

Perry's message has since been deleted, but not before. people teased the former governor of Texas in the comments.

"Hello Mr. Governor, I am an African prince and I have big sums of gold at my disposal!" a user responded in response.

The post office, which Yahoo reports Julia Roberts and Rob Lowe, two equally duped players, say that Instagram has a new rule "where they can use your photos".

"Do not forget the deadline today!" it continues. "It can be used in lawsuits against you.Everything you posted is made public today Even deleted messages or banned pictures … … I do not give to Instagram nor any entity associated with Instagram permission to use images, information, messages or messages, past or future, with this statement, i warn Instagram that it is strictly forbidden to disclose, copy, distribute or otherwise take any other action against me based on this profile and / or its content … All members must post a note like this. "

This message even found on Facebook, where it was reported as part of Facebook's efforts to fight false news and misinformation on its news feed. (Learn more about our partnership with Facebook.)

MediaWise, Poynter's Teen Facts Project demystified the post on August 21Noting that the claim dates back to 2012 when Facebook, Instagram's parent company, updated its privacy policy.

In statements to Yahoo and Time, Stephanie Otway, spokeswoman for Instagram, said "there is no truth in this message".

In 2016, Facebook sent an almost identical message using "Facebook" instead of "Instagram".

"You may have seen a message inviting you to copy and paste a notice in order to keep control of the information you share on Facebook," wrote a member of the team's assistance team. ;business. "Do not believe it, you own your content and can control how it's shared through your privacy settings."

By creating an Instagram account, users accept the terms of use of the company.

"We do not claim ownership of your content," states the terms, "but you grant us a license to use, nothing changes with respect to your rights to your content, we do not claim ownership of your content. content that you post on or through Instead, when you share, post, or upload content that is subject to intellectual property rights (such as photos or videos) on or in connection with our service, you tell us hereby grant a royalty-free, nonexclusive, worldwide licensed license to host, use, distribute, modify, perform, copy, perform or publicly display, translate and create derivative works of your content consistency with your privacy settings and application settings). "

We rate this Facebook post on False.