CNN: Can we please stop falling for this FaceBook Hoax?

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(CNN)We’ve been debunking this hoax for SEVEN YEARS now, and here we are doing it again.

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No, Facebook hasn’t changed its privacy settings.

No, what you post doesn’t belong to Facebook now.

A note is doing the Facebook rounds, claiming — yet again — that you need to post a legal gobbledygook to your status or you’ll lose copyright control of your pictures and other content you share with your family and friends.

Here’s part of what you’re supposed to post:

“The content of this profile is private and confidential information. The violation of privacy can be punished by law (UCC 1-308- 1 1 308-103 and the Rome Statute). NOTE: Facebook is now a public entity. All members must post a note like this. If you prefer, you can copy and paste this version. If you do not publish a statement at least once it will be tactically allowing the use of your photos, as well as the information contained in the profile status updates. DO NOT SHARE. Copy and paste.”

Please. Don’t.

We get that you don’t want Facebook to own your weird bathroom selfies, but you need to stop sharing this post.

It’s not true.

Facebook said in a statement:

“Anyone who uses Facebook owns and controls the content and information they post, as stated in our terms. They control how that content and information is shared. That is our policy, and it always has been.”

CompuScoop’s Editor’s Note: While this is not the first time for a Hoax such as this, it won’t be the last. Can we finally put this to rest now????