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Title: No, that Instagram memo that was passed around was not real
Post by: HCK on August 23, 2019, 04:05:20 pm
No, that Instagram memo that was passed around was not real

What you need to know

That Instagram memo that was passed around was completely fake.
A Facebook spokesperson confirmed that "there is no truth to this post."
Instagram and Facebook do have a license to use some of your content that you agreed upon when you signed up for the services.
The only way to do so is to delete your Instagram or Facebook account.

Unless you were living under a rock for the past couple days, then you probably noticed that memo being passed around on Instagram stating it will have permission to use your photos and private messages unless you spread this memo around. Well, it was completely fake.

In a statement to The Verge, a Facebook spokesperson stated: "There is no truth to this post."

This is just a modern chain letter that were popular in the early days of email. More to the fact, all Instagram users have given its parent company, Facebook, access to the content they've posted.

"We do not claim ownership of your content, but you grant us a license to ...

Source: No, that Instagram memo that was passed around was not real (http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheIphoneBlog/~3/xSlD1UsjmVU/no-instagram-hoax-not-real-and-you-cant-stop-facebook-using-your-photos)