MILWAUKEE (WITI) -- You may have noticed an increase in "chain-mail-style" status updates on Facebook lately -- with users posting a "protect my intellectual property" statement in an attempt to make Facebook gain "written consent" before taking a user's content. As it turns out, these Facebook posts don't actually work.
The latest attempt by Facebook users to copyright the material on their walls, photos and general posts involves the following post:
InsideFacebook.com says post if you wish -- but these status updates won't actually make your data and content off-limits.
Every few months, these "chain-mail-style" posts make the rounds on Facebok, but InsideFacebook.com says these posts do not in any way change your Facebook profile's level of protection.
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