Fact Check: Https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1JoyrfJgku/
“https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1JoyrfJgku/”
Summary
The claim that Facebook is suddenly making all photos and posts public or will use them in litigation is a hoax that has been repeatedly debunked. Fact‑checking organizations confirm there is no such rule or deadline, and the story is false.
Sources 59 searched
- Posting This Notice on Your Facebook Account Will Stop Platform from Using Your Photos? | Snopes.com
Posting a legal notice on your Facebook wall will protect you from having all your posts and photos made public. ... For years, messages about protecting your copyright or privacy rights on Facebook by posting a particular legal notice to your ...
- Facebook Hoax Promises Way 'To Regain Friends and Get Rid of Ads' | Snopes.com
The copy-and-paste posts, which we refer to as "copypasta," claimed that posting the text on Facebook would "upgrade the system" and help "to regain friends in your news feed and get rid of ads."
- Facebook is not suddenly sharing private posts – Full Fact
The new version of the rumour says: “Do not forget Tomorrow begins the new Facebook / Meta rule where your photos can be used. Do not forget that the deadline is today !!! It can be used in litigation against you. Everything you post will be made public from today—including messages.” · This is not true. Nor was it true in 2012, when the US fact checking site Snopes first published an article debunking similar posts. We’ve fact checked claims like this before about Instagram.
- Latest Fact-Checks On Facebook posts
PolitiFact is a fact-checking website that rates the accuracy of claims by elected officials and others on its Truth-O-Meter.
- Latest False Fact-checks on Facebook posts
PolitiFact is a fact-checking website that rates the accuracy of claims by elected officials and others on its Truth-O-Meter.
- Facebook Fact-checks – PolitiFact
Viral image stated on April 4, 2025 in a Facebook post: Video shows South African news outlet reporting Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy “purchased a controlling stake” in a mine.
- Social Media Evidence at Trial | The Maryland People's Law Library
There is no set method or amount ... claim it to be. You can provide direct proof (for example, a statement by a witness who saw the person post the information) or circumstantial proof (any proof that is not based on something a witness saw)....
- Admissibility of Social Media Evidence for Court Cases
Instead, you’ll need to have evidence such as: Metadata and digital signatures as established in FRE 902(14). Witness accounts that indicate a person is indeed the owner and author of certain posts.
- Building Your Case with Social Media Evidence | Illinois State Bar Association
This news travels forth from her ... her parents told her what had happened, in violation of the confidentiality agreement. The Facebook posting just became the school's evidence....
This fact check is free and donation-based. $1 powers ~30 fact-checks.
