Stop the hoax: Facebook says you have power over privacy

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="article-content" itemprop="articleBody" style="font-family: franklin-gothic-urw, Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6Fa0nslh9MNe5CWKDzYIWLeG_j6CpwywScPjCR1wnOveaCxcb50t2T7YIBlmaTZGnW7EvXFFTJGncwQ0EkM9n078ASJjBhwrPd01C0Hf_1oNePc5nrgN28Ti0TWmGCHBiuQDWssxKA-bG/s1600/facebook-logo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6Fa0nslh9MNe5CWKDzYIWLeG_j6CpwywScPjCR1wnOveaCxcb50t2T7YIBlmaTZGnW7EvXFFTJGncwQ0EkM9n078ASJjBhwrPd01C0Hf_1oNePc5nrgN28Ti0TWmGCHBiuQDWssxKA-bG/s400/facebook-logo.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <div style="font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5; padding: 10px 0px;"> <span style="font-size: 1em;">MANILA - You've seen friends and family post the "public warning" on Facebook and may have been compelled to believe, but you have to stop sharing it now.</span><br /> <span style="font-size: 1em;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: 1em;"><a href="https://partners.hostgator.com/c/332713/191545/3094" style="clear: left; font-size: medium; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" height="90" src="https://a.impactradius-go.com/display-ad/3094-191545" width="728" /></a></span></div> <div style="font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5; padding: 10px 0px;"> Social networking giant Facebook has reminded its users not to believe posts pertaining to "a notice to retain control over things you share" on the site.</div> <div style="font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5; padding: 10px 0px;"> "Our terms say clearly: You own all of the content and information you <a href="https://www.facebook.com/fbfacts/1573108242983244" style="color: #eb1e23; line-height: 18px; text-decoration: none;">post</a> on Facebook, and you can control how it's shared through your privacy and application settings," they said in a post: </div> <div style="font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5; padding: 10px 0px;"> "That's how it works, and this hasn't changed," Facebook added.</div> <div style="font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5; padding: 10px 0px;"> Facebook emphasized, users can view information regarding who sees which posts in the Privacy Basics tab; and the particulars on which information Facebook collects, and how they are used, and shared are available through the Data Policy tab.<br /> <h3 style="line-height: normal;"> <a href="https://partners.hostgator.com/c/332713/198256/3094">Save an Amazing 40% on Dedicated Servers! Limited Time Only!</a></h3> </div> <div style="font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5; padding: 10px 0px;"> "We want you to be informed and in control of your experience on Facebook," it stated.</div> <div style="font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5; padding: 10px 0px;"> Over the weekend, several Facebook users reposted on their Timelines a warning saying "Everything you’ve ever posted becomes public from tomorrow."<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://partners.hostgator.com/c/332713/191553/3094" style="font-size: medium; line-height: normal; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" height="280" src="https://a.impactradius-go.com/display-ad/3094-191553" width="336" /></a></div> </div> <div style="font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5; padding: 10px 0px;"> "Even messages that have been deleted or the photos not allowed. It costs nothing for a simple copy and paste, better safe than sorry," the post followed. </div> <div style="font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5; padding: 10px 0px;"> It also contained a legal affidavit-sounding blurb about not giving "Facebook or any entities associated with Facebook" permission to use the "pictures, information, messages or posts, both past and future."<br /> <h3 style="line-height: normal;"> <a href="https://partners.hostgator.com/c/332713/198256/3094">Save an Amazing 40% on Dedicated Servers! Limited Time Only!</a></h3> </div> <div style="font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5; padding: 10px 0px;"> Failure to copy and paste the statement, it said, "will be tactically allowing the use of your photos, as well as the information contained in the profile status updates."</div> </div> <div class="news-share-block sharebar sticker clearfix" style="font-family: franklin-gothic-urw, Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-left: -80.9844px;"> <div class="is_stuck" data-sticky_column="" id="sticker" style="background-color: #dddddd; height: auto; max-width: 40px; padding: 5px 12px; position: fixed; top: 0px; width: 40px;"> <div style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 0.875em; font-weight: 700; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 10px 0px; text-align: center;"> Share</div> <ul style="list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> <li style="line-height: 1.5;"><a class="share sprite share-fb" href="https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=http://news.abs-cbn.com/trending/10/17/16/stop-the-hoax-facebook-says-you-have-power-over-privacy" style="background: url("//sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/newsmain/theme/sprite2.png") 0px -40px no-repeat; 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MANILA - You've seen friends and family post the "public warning" on Facebook and may have been compelled to believe, but you have to stop sharing it now. Social networking giant Facebook has reminded its users not to believe posts pertaining to "a …

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