Polish Facebook is flooded with posts distributed in the form of an online chain. It seems that users of Mark Zuckerberg’s website – despite many examples – still do not realize that this type of messages are just spam. Sharing this type of content has no legal force and only spreads panic.
Another malicious chain on Facebook. Its content is complete nonsense
Chain letters (i.e. content spread virally using “copy and paste”), which have not been seen for several years, have returned to Facebook. Their content varies and depends on the whim of the original author, but usually the chain letters start with the same phrase – “I do not allow Facebook to charge $4.99 per month to my account; all my photos are owned by me, NOT Facebook!!!” [pisownia oryginalna – red.]”.
Typically, the posts also mention the “new Facebook rule” and the need to object to the platform’s use of photos posted by users. Posts take the form of a “statement” and are usually copied unchanged by users without any reflection. However, it is easy to notice that this is simply a new version of chains known from several years ago, but with slightly changed content.
Interestingly, the chain is repeated in increasingly bizarre forms. Some people refer in their posts to the “Berne, Geneva and Paris Conventions”, some to the Convention on the Rights of the Child and even the Constitution of Mongolia, apparently without even reading the content of the posts they publish. In the form of the same chain known years ago, users massively referred to the “statute of Rome”. What’s more, even famous people whose profiles are followed by a significant number of fans take part in the chain. Some of them probably forward such spam automatically.
Meta introduces a paid version of Facebook
As one might suspect, the reason for the return to chain letters could have been the introduction by the Meta conglomerate (the owner of the website) of a paid, ad-free version of Facebook, which was announced at the end of October. For several days now, platform users have been able to see personalized ads or purchase a subscription (costing as much as PLN 59.99 per month in Poland) on the screens of their devices.
Source: Gazeta
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