Instagram is incorporating users' photos in ads for Meta Glasses

Post by cwillu » Tue, Jun 30, 2026, 7:50 AM UTC

Cthulhu_ wrote: post #2

Didn't Facebook do this years and years ago? Yes, 2013: https://mashable.com/archive/facebook-ads-photo#ggcKnNfAUaqy > According to Facebook's Statement of Rights and Responsibilities: > You give us permission to use your name, profile picture, content, and information in connection with commercial, sponsored, or related content (such as a brand you like) served or enhanced by us. This means, for example, that you pe…

Post by tomhow » Tue, Jun 30, 2026, 2:04 PM UTC

DANmode wrote: post #148

satvikpendem wrote: post #146

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Literally does mean figuratively, since a few centuries ago, so no need to change the meaning of the word. Regardless, people understood what was meant, it seems only you are taking it, well, literally.

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Post by DANmode » Tue, Jun 30, 2026, 6:59 PM UTC

Espressosaurus wrote: post #53

smalltorch wrote: post #28

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I mean, I read them, but just goes to show the majority of people skipped this important reading. If anyone actually read them it's typically a unlimited unrestricted pipe of data they can use for anything.

No one reads the terms and conditions. I went to a resort and read the T&C they made you sign to sign in and was told I was the only person in months who had actually done so. And even I have mostly given up on the website T&C because most of them are so lengthy, a lot like I've given up on disabling javascript since the modern web frequently won't even render anything if you disable it.