A not so new hoax has started making the rounds in the Facebook news feeds - again. The hoax stated that Facebook will start making the users private photos and videos public. The same hoax also mentioned that even the deleted messages will be made public too.
The hoax encourages the Facebook user to copy and paste the message as a status and sites the law "UCC 1-308- 1 1 308-103" and the Rome Statute as defenses that prevent Facebook from using the images.
This hoax has already made rounds as early as June 2012 and had many different variations that surfaced throughout the years. The most recent one reads as follows:
"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 If you do not publish a statement at least once it will be tactically allowing the use of your photos, as well as the information contained in the profile status updates.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."
According to a report, Facebook already shut down a similar hoax four years ago and that posting the message as a status really does not have any point. "This is false," Facebook mentioned in a Fact Check post. "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."
