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Didn't Facebook already use people's pictures in their ads? What makes you so sure this will not happen again? (well okay, maybe not after all this outrage).


Instagram using users pictures in their ads (for Instagram itself) is totally fine (with the appropriate warning in the TOS). Companies do that all the time.

The problem would be Instragram using user pictures for third-party ads, ie. selling user pictures to ad agencies.




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