http://anotherblogger.disqus.com/enThu, 06 Aug 2009 12:40:24 -0000http://www.anotherblogger.com/2009/07/19/facebook-using-your-photos-for-ads-i-told-you-so/#comment-16036740<p>Reminds me of the <i>Friends</i> episode where Joey's modeling photos were used for an STD campaign on the side of buses in NYC.</p>gwalterThu, 06 Aug 2009 12:40:24 -0000http://www.anotherblogger.com/2009/07/19/facebook-using-your-photos-for-ads-i-told-you-so/#comment-16036739<p>While I don't doubt that there are third party ads that may be masquerading as Facebook ads, the fact that there is an official Facebook preference to control using photos in ads (and that the default option is to allow such usage) indicates to me that Facebook definitely plans to use user photos for advertising.</p>Aaron B. HockleySun, 19 Jul 2009 15:41:53 -0000http://www.anotherblogger.com/2009/07/19/facebook-using-your-photos-for-ads-i-told-you-so/#comment-16036738<p>Thanks to all the great comments on my blog and elsewhere, I've learned that these ads aren't actual Facebook ads. Instead, they're third party app ads (likely culprit - dumb quizzes), which may in fact be a violation of Facebook's Terms of Service <a href="http://www.facebook.com/terms.php" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="http://www.facebook.com/terms.php">http://www.facebook.com/ter...</a></p><p>See Number 9 - Special Provisions applicable to Developers/Operators of Applications and Websites. The way I read it, their use of my photo is a violation.</p><p>What do you think?</p>cherylsmithSun, 19 Jul 2009 15:06:38 -0000http://www.anotherblogger.com/2009/07/19/facebook-using-your-photos-for-ads-i-told-you-so/#comment-16036737<p>I have opted out and still saw my profile in an advert for some genius crap test</p>Guy McLarenSun, 19 Jul 2009 14:49:45 -0000