How we all feel about the Facebook privacy hoax

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Brian Koerber
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No, not again.

It seems like every few months, the same inexperienced, unknowing or completely ignorant people share a status that says Facebook is either going to charge you money or is going to steal your photos, data, copyright, consciousness or something of the like. The status is generally a statement which will override the terms of service agreement.

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Unfortunately, explaining this misinterpretation of how the Internet works is just not worth it, and frankly it's getting old. So we'll just stick with the memes.

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In response to the latest @Facebook copy/paste privacy hullabaloo (spelled that correctly on the first try YEAH!) pic.twitter.com/hkBr4mOxPV— Rachel D. (@RachelD15) September 29, 2015

Someone needs to shoot the Facebook Privacy Notice meme in the head so it doesn't resurface again 6 months from now. pic.twitter.com/PRxjMKvqzb— Bob Morris (@polizeros) September 29, 2015

MT @jbernoff: As the privacy hoax shows, Facebook's a machine perfectly designed to spread BS. http://t.co/mHRBOil2vX pic.twitter.com/L2jZtzsaGn— Augie Ray (@augieray) September 29, 2015

Here's the @Facebook privacy hoax parody going around right now. :3 pic.twitter.com/r0eqIzlrXY— Elvine, Gold Hunter (@Elvinelol) September 29, 2015

Facebook Privacy Hoax Is Back - http://t.co/DhWRTtSXP0 pic.twitter.com/Tac2kxOfIY— Will Folks aka Sic (@fitsnews) September 29, 2015

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