If you do not publish this statement at least once it will be tactically allowing the use of your photos, as well as information contained in the profile status updates.
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Snopes.com, the online whistleblower for social media hoaxes, has a long line of these “share-scams”, that don’t necessarily put you at risk for losing money or actual theft of information, but do cause you a lot of wasted time and effort. 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.
As of September 28th, 2015 at 01:52 p.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.
According to Facebook’s terms and conditions, your photos and videos are fair game – sometimes. The actions mentioned above apply equally to employees, students, agents and/or other staff under the direction of Facebook.The contents of my profile include private information.
The statement goes on to state that violation of privacy can be punished under the Uniform Commercial Code, a set of laws that govern commercial transactions in the US. Facebook has no interest in owning your content and they’ve been vocal in contesting these hoaxes, which have popped up in spurts over the past several years.
If you see someone’s post come down your timeline and think “Hmmm, maybe I should copy and paste that into my status for my protection”, just know that it won’t work.
The message encourages Facebook users to copy and paste the text and post it on their walls. DO NOT SHARE. You MUST copy and paste to make this your status.
“While there may be water on Mars, don’t believe everything you read on the internet today”, a Facebook post says. That is our policy, and it always has been. This is false. Anyone who uses Facebook owns and controls the content and information they post, as stated in our terms. If the post isn’t shared by “tomorrow”, it threatens that all of your posts will become public.
Also, as Snopes noted, Facebook users can not negate copyright or privacy settings by posting a status.
This isn’t the first time the hoax has made its rounds.
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CEO Mark Zuckerberg said that an alternative to “like” is on the way, but it will not be called “dislike” and it has yet to start rolling out.
