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Facebook’s Privacy Settings.. Myth Or Fact? by victorVIC1(m): 2:50pm On Jul 03, 2016 |
I used to love the fact that people posted facts or funny articles on Facebook, but of recent, its been taken over by a post everyone seems to be uploading.. Some random post that reads a little like this.. “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.” It looked like bullshit.. It smelt like bullshit.. But hey! Let’s not judge it until we do our research.. So, I went online. The Guardian, Forbes, Snopes, all the sites that would normally report stuff like this.. Here’s what we know.. 1) This isn’t the first time this hoax is showing up. In 2012, a similar message circulated which Facebook responded to with.. “There is a rumor circulating that Facebook is making a change related to ownership of users’ information or the content they post to this site. This is false. Anyone who uses Facebook owns and controls the content and information they post as stated in our terms and conditions. They control how that content and information is shared. That is our policy and it has always been. Click here to learn more : http://www.facebook.com/policies 2) What exactly is Public? In 2012, Facebook became a publicly traded company. This means they started selling stocks on the open market and has nothing to do with the privacy or public nature of your account.. Public in that sense refers to shares and not accounts What about Public accounts? However, Yes! There is a problem with Public accounts. But that problem isn’t Facebook’s. It’s ours. When a post is made, you have different privacy settings, ranging from Public to Only friends to only me. Most of us keep our posts on Public. What that means is that when ANY FACEBOOK USER uses his searchbar to search for a related post, your post will come up as well. Any Facebook user whether he’s friends with you or not can see your posts. That’s what public means and has always meant. What about the Facebook public thingy? This is where it gets a little complicated. No! Facebook doesn’t own your posts. However, Yes! Facebook has rights to use your posts provided your privacy and application settings are set to Public. Yes! When you agree to the Facebook terms and conditions, you agreed to that. It is “a non-exclusive”, transferable, sub-licensable, royalty-free, worldwide license to use any content that you post on or in connection with Facebook ” It goes further, ” This license ends when you delete your IP content or when you delete your account unless your content has been shared with others and they have not deleted it” So, No, Facebook cannot use your deleted posts unless someone else has shared it. Then Facebook can use it through the person’s page. No. You cannot undo this by typing some random things on your page. It doesn’t work that way. It has never worked that way. The terms and conditions is a legal contract between you and Facebook. Some random pseudo-legal post on your timeline won’t negate that. Yes! You can stop Facebook from using your content by setting it to only friends in the private section. Facebook can use all your content set to public but what does “use” actually mean? No. Facebook cannot sell your posts or pictures. It has and will always be your intellectual property. A right to use is different from a right to sell.. So, what does a right to “use” mean? It means a right to use the content (most especially pictures and videos set to public) in advertising campaigns or to sub-license the content to another company if need be.. So, is there anything we can do about this? 1) Please stop putting up pseudo legal documents on Facebook that do nothing but take up space. 2) You could decline to set up a Facebook account. If you’re here, it’s probably a little too late for that. 3) You could lobby for Facebook to amend its policies through its Facebook Site Governance section. Just Google it and follow. Instagram users successfully lobbied and got Facebook to restrict its use of Instagram photos for advertising. Maybe if enough Facebook users lodge a complaint or sign a petition, they will change their terms and conditions.. 4) You could cancel your Facebook account. Then, the only thing Facebook will have access to are contents of yours which your friends shared provided they still have active accounts. So, please, can we now go back to posting about fun stuff instead of pseudo-legal psycho babble.. And please, instead of cluttering our timelines, use your privacy settings. That’s what Facebook put them there for.. Have a lovely day… https://thefortunetellers./2016/07/01/facebooks-privacy-settings-myth-or-fact/?preview=true |
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