Is Facebook about to REVEAL all your secrets?
ONLINE hoax claims that Facebook will be making all your photos and more visible to the world.
Facebook users have been warned not to fall for a new hoax which claims big changes are coming to the social network.
The site has been swamped with users posting that Facebook will start making their entire account history public unless they share a status denying the company the right to do this.
This includes all your photos, even those that users have classified as private, which according to the hoax is now fully protected by law.
The copy-and-paste status says that the user now gives notice to Facebook that, "it is strictly forbidden to disclose, copy, distribute, or take any other action against me based on this profile and/or its contents."
However Facebook has ensured users that it has no plans to do anything of the sort, and that user history will remain private.
Facebook released a statement, saying, "You may have seen a post telling you to copy and paste a notice to retain control over things you share on Facebook. Don't believe it.
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"Our terms say clearly: You own all of the content and information you post on Facebook, and you can control how it's shared through your privacy and application setting. That's how it works, and this hasn't changed.
You can also read the Data Policy to find out what information we collect and how it is used and shared. We want you to be informed and in control of your experience on Facebook."
A similar rumor last September claimed that Facebook would begin charging its users the keep their accounts private.
The hoax said that users would need to pay £5.99 to keep their profile pages private.
The news come as Facebook is preparing a major shakeup in how photos are uploaded to the site, which could see some users lose their treasured images.
Users who fail to download the company's Moments photo management app will see any photos backed-up via the Facebook app deleted for good, it warned.
The warning is part of an ongoing push towards the Moments app, which Facebook says offers an easier way for users to upload and backup photographs from their phone or tablet in one album linked to their account.
Previously, Facebook allowed the automatic back-up of photos taken on a phone into a separate album on a user's Facebook account, with photos being automatically uploaded as a way to ensure that nothing important was ever lost.
However Facebook will now delete any snaps stored using this back-up functionality, unless users install Moments by July 7 2016.