No, Sharing a Post on Facebook Won't Protect Your Privacy (Here's What You Can Do)

The only thing that sharing these posts will do is alert your friends and followers to the fact that you don't do much research before reposting something on social media.

Every so often, a post on Facebook will spread like wildfire, claiming that the site will soon charge users or that the privacy of your content will be harmed — unless you share this post.

The only thing that sharing these posts will accomplish is alert your friends and followers to the fact that you don’t do any research before reposting something on social media.

Recently, versions of this post have been floating around Facebook:

Now it’s official! It is published in the media.

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