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Deadline tomorrow? Pardon? Yes, it’s time for idiots to panic once again as a Facebook hoax from 2012 does the rounds once again.
The following is what a lot of people have been led to think they should post which would stop Mark Zuckerberg’s company from making all their posts public. Fact is, they WON’T go public, unless someone managed to hack in and knew which parts of their code to change.
And as for “I don’t give my permission” (at least for Facebook to have access to the content that you post) – erm… you DID when you signed up to the website.
Oh, and as for “Copy and paste”, DON’T copy and paste. It just fills up the homepage with more of this rubbish.
Don’t be so gullible, McFly!
And if you do, I’ve got some magic beans I can sell you!
Those dumb ‘copy and paste’ words are as follows (with the news channel name changing depending in which country you live):
- 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.
Better to be safe than sorry. An attorney advised us to post this. Good enough for me. 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 If you do not publish a statement at least once, it will be tacitly understood that you are allowing the use of your photos, as well as the information contained in your profile status updates. I HEREBY STATE THAT I DO NOT GIVE MY PERMISSION.”
DO NOT SHARE. Copy and paste.
More news on this hoax can be found at Snopes.
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