That Facebook "Copyright Protection" Message Is Fake as Hell, So Stop Sharing It
Has your mom been posting unintelligible status updates on Facebook about protecting your privacy? Are people you knew in high school suddenly super interested and knowledgeable about intellectual property? Ah, yes. Another Facebook hoax is afoot.
This September, Facebook users have been tricked again into posting a bunch of dumb stuff about copyrights as their Facebook status. What even is the point of this senseless trolling? We may never know.
Here's the first version:
As of September 28th , 2015 at 10:50 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. 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 If you do not publish a statement at least once it will be tactically allowing the use of your photos, as well as the information contained in the profile status updates.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 second iteration, CBS News reports, is this:
Now it's official! It has been published in the media. Facebook has just released the entry price: £5.99 ($9.10) 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.
The Rome Statute mentioned in these posts is what set up the International Criminal Court, which is almost exclusively used to prosecute high-profile war criminals. So, no. Unless you're a war criminal, you can use Facebook as you normally would: to argue politics with people you barely know, make fun of people from high school, and turn down Candy Crush invites.
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