A recent incident has Mark Zuckerberg’s own sister upset about how her family photo intended for her friends, ended up on the news (on twitter), though funnily enough, it’s her twitter ranting that eventually DID get it on the news. She posted a picture and set the visibility to friends only, but then she tagged her sister which then allowed her sister’s friends to see the post. Friend of the sister sees the picture, screen grabs and posts it on twitter. The whole debacle ends with Randi deleting her side of the conversation with the poster and telling people to ask permission before posta friends photo publicly.
First of all, how about not posting friends’ photos at all? If we’re all strict about copyright material, let the people who created the photos decide how those photos are distributed. But in the end, it’s pretty much all you can do. While I agree that
On the other hand, if you’ve taken the photo OF the friend, then by right, you SHOULD ask permission before sharing it with whomever. One thing that bothers me about default facebook privacy settings is that people can tag you in their pictures, and immediately, it becomes visible to people in your network. You’ll find this privacy setting that allows you to approve posts that other people tag you in before putting them on your timeline and going out to your friends’ news feeds:
https://www.facebook.com/settings?tab=timeline§ion=review&view
The problem with this is that it’s an opt in feature. So by default, I see my friends being tagged in all sorts of rubbish like sellers’ photos, NSFW/offensive photos, etc. The best I can do is help them find this “feature” to have to approve tags. But then, some people are lazy to have to approve tags all the time (since tag management is so difficult on mobile devices) so they leave it at the default. When left with no choice, I simply block people posting these non-friends who tag my friends in their stuff for no reason.
Another privacy setting you should enable will allow you to review tags people add to your own photos. Since photos are visible to your friends and friends of those who are tagged, you’ll want to be able to approve who gets tagged in your photos. Maybe Randi’s sister tagged herself in the photo hence the photo became visible to her friends as well?
https://www.facebook.com/settings?tab=timeline§ion=tagreview&view
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