People in Gedling borough have been falling for a Facebook hoax that claims the social media giant will make changes to the privacy on their account unless they cut and paste a block of ‘legal’ text and post it in their feed.
Gedling Eye has spotted the hoax legal notice being posted on accounts belonging to people in the borough which claims that unless the text is copied and pasted – other users won’t be exempt from the new changes to Facebook’s privacy policy.
The hoax isn’t a new one, and Facebook responded back in 2012, when it first emerged.
There is a rumor circulating that Facebook is making a change related to ownership of users’ information or the content they post to the site. This is false.’
‘They control how that content and information is shared. That is our policy, and it always has been.’
The hoax text reads…
“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 If you do not publish a statement at least once it will be tactically allowing the use of your photos, as well as the information contained in the profile status updates.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.”
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