Back in January, a flurry of “privacy” notifications started popping up in Facebook user feeds.
At the time, people were advised to share a status in order to copyright their material. Posting the words just as written “protected” the users’ material from being accessed by Facebook or even hackers.
All of that was just bunk, of course. There’s no wording or posts you can use to shield your items to any greater degree than what’s allowed under Facebook’s privacy policies.
But that hasn’t stopped people from sharing the message from time to time, including the recent outcropping of another round of digital trickery that includes a claim that the popular social media network will soon begin instituting a monthly charge to keep information private.
One of the latest messages that’s making the Facebook rounds goes something like this:
As of September 27th , 2015 at 10:50p.m. Eastern standard time, I do not give Facebook or any entities associated with Facebook permission to use my pictures, information, or posts, both past and future. By 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 If you do not publish a statement at least once it will be tactically allowing the use of your photos, as well as the information contained in the profile status updates.
The post attributed the information to “Channel 11″ or “Channel 13,” neither of which are identified with any other information.
Another similar post claims that people can now pay Facebook to have their information made private. It goes like this:
Now it’s official! It has been published in the media. Facebook has just released the entry price: $5.99 to keep the subscription of your status to be set to “private”. If you paste this message on your page, it will be offered free (I said paste not share) if not tomorrow, all your posts can become public. Even the messages that have been deleted or the photos not allowed. After all, it does not cost anything for a simple copy and paste.
As it has every time the privacy rumor has cropped up, Snopes.com, which investigates urban legends, debunks the Facebook privacy myth and the monthly fee. In the case of the privacy settings, it traces the rumor back to 2012 when Facebook did away with an old setting that allowed people to opt out of having their profile searched by name. That change did not, as the post claimed, “delete all privacy settings.”
The charge fee rumor actually has a more sinister past, Snopes said. It dates back to 2009 when it showed up on Facebook and directed people to join a group that supposedly was formed to protest the charge. The “protest group” page was actually a tool for hackers to access the computers of people who clicked on the link.
Similar other fee rumors cropped up in recent year, with some tied to hackers wanting to gain access to user computers.
If you’re still a doubter, this is what Facebook itself has to say about any possible charges for the social media network
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