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I thought they already did this. I'm pretty sure it says somewhere in their terms of service they can use your pictures for this(not that I don't think it's hor

I thought they already did this. I'm pretty sure it says somewhere in their terms of service they can use your pictures for this(not that I don't think it's horrible or that it's excusable.) Wasn't there some trouble a bunch of years ago when someone found one of their facebook pictures being used in an ad? Or am I thinking of something totally different?

k1t 8y ago
Perhaps you're thinking of this story? https://www.theguardian.com/media/2009/jun/11/smith-family-photo-czech-advertisement https://www.theguardian.com/media/2009/jun/11/smith-family-p... When the Smiths of Missouri – an all-American family with the regulation two blond children – posed for their Christmas photo, little did they know they would end up on a billboard thousands of miles away in the Czech Republic. Just under a fortnight ago, a family friend of Jeff and Danielle Smith was travelling in Prague when he spotted some familiar faces beaming out of a poster advertising a grocery store's home delivery service.
- grawprog 8y ago
  I've never read that one. I may have been wrong about it happening to somebody in particular, but i think it was something to do with when this happened: https://mashable.com/2013/09/05/facebook-ads-photo/#fanstwJM7aqY https://mashable.com/2013/09/05/facebook-ads-photo/#fanstwJM... That I was thinking about. I think from what i can tell, the difference is now they're being sold to third parties instead of being used internally. If i'm not wrong.
  - ggggtez 8y ago
    Thanks, I thought I was going crazy the way everyone seemed to forget your photos already are used in ads. Thanks for clarifying what is new here.
badwolf 8y ago
Maybe it was using your name/profile photo on ads for companies/products that you previously "liked" or interacted with? https://mashable.com/2013/09/05/facebook-ads-photo/#Gam.tGNJ0aql https://mashable.com/2013/09/05/facebook-ads-photo/#Gam.tGNJ...
- grawprog 8y ago
  Yeah pretty sure it was that one.

k1t 8y ago

Perhaps you're thinking of this story? https://www.theguardian.com/media/2009/jun/11/smith-family-photo-czech-advertisement https://www.theguardian.com/media/2009/jun/11/smith-family-p... When the Smiths of Missouri – an all-American family with the regulation two blond children – posed for their Christmas photo, little did they know they would end up on a billboard thousands of miles away in the Czech Republic. Just under a fortnight ago, a family friend of Jeff and Danielle Smith was travelling in Prague when he spotted some familiar faces beaming out of a poster advertising a grocery store's home delivery service.

grawprog 8y ago
I've never read that one. I may have been wrong about it happening to somebody in particular, but i think it was something to do with when this happened: https://mashable.com/2013/09/05/facebook-ads-photo/#fanstwJM7aqY https://mashable.com/2013/09/05/facebook-ads-photo/#fanstwJM... That I was thinking about. I think from what i can tell, the difference is now they're being sold to third parties instead of being used internally. If i'm not wrong.
- ggggtez 8y ago
  Thanks, I thought I was going crazy the way everyone seemed to forget your photos already are used in ads. Thanks for clarifying what is new here.

badwolf 8y ago

Maybe it was using your name/profile photo on ads for companies/products that you previously "liked" or interacted with? https://mashable.com/2013/09/05/facebook-ads-photo/#Gam.tGNJ0aql https://mashable.com/2013/09/05/facebook-ads-photo/#Gam.tGNJ...

grawprog 8y ago
Yeah pretty sure it was that one.