The Facebook photo hoax returns: Copy-pasting a legal notice won't protect your photos

An old hoax is circulating again online that claims Facebook will start using people's photos without their permission starting 'tomorrow'. The post, which has been shared millions of times, instructs people to copy and paste a legal notice on their Facebook page to prevent their photos from being used.

The viral post claiming you can stop Facebook from using your photos by copy-pasting a legal notice is falseAn old hoax claiming that Facebook will use people's photos without permission is circulating again, urging users to post a legal notice on their profiles to prevent this.

To control how Facebook uses your photos, you can either delete them or adjust your privacy settings; reducing interaction with ads can also alter what you see in your feed. However, the post is a hoax. Facebook has not changed its terms of service to allow it to use people's photos without their permission. When you post a photo on Facebook, you grant Facebook a non-exclusive, transferable, sub-licensable, royalty-free, worldwide license to use that photo. This means that Facebook can use your photo for any purpose, including advertising, without paying you anything. However, Facebook cannot use your photo in a defamatory way or violate your privacy.

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