New Instagram terms, lead to controversy among users

On the internet is the fuss about the new terms of Instagram. The conditions give the popular photo service now have the right to users’photos by advertisers to use when displaying ads.

Users are angry that the photo service of advertisers and their photos please use it, without needing the receive a compensation. On various news sites is, moreover, to read that photos of Instagram users are sold to advertisers, but that is incorrect: Instagram gives in the new terms and conditions explicitly that the ownership of the photos for the user.

Be appropriated Instagram itself the right to take photos on Instagram to show in the context of ‘sponsored content’ or ‘promotions’, in which companies the user name and photos of users allowed to show. The question is how much that differs with the practices on Facebook, owner of Instagram, where likes of Facebook-users are used for the promotion of brands.

Some users, however, going down the wrong way seems to be to shoot, is that Instagram is not going to be likes, but to make their creative works are used for commercial purposes. In addition, the functionality can on Facebook be disabled, while Instagram does not seem to be the case. Or businesses Instagram photos outside of the Instagram environment may use, for example, in ads and brochures, is not from the conditions.

The new terms will be introduced per January 16. At the same time, new privacy terms of strength, that Facebook and Instagram give the right to more to exchange information. Were previously the the privacy policy of Facebook has already adapted to that purpose; privacy organizations expressed therein their criticism. Earlier this year bought Facebook Instagram for the unusually high amount of one billion dollars.