Facebook Using Your Photos for Ads Without Consent? That's Still A False Rumor

There are all sorts of great rumors about Facebook that we hear, but this one seems to stick for some reason. Rumors have been going around — it’s not clear how widely — that the company is planning to use Facebook users’ photos in advertisements without their consent.

Basically, the same rumor went around in July. Yesterday, Facebook updated its denial blog post from that point in time with the following statement:

UPDATE on Tuesday, Nov. 24: This rumor about Facebook using your photos in ads without your consent is spreading again.

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