Rick Perry falls victim to Instagram hoax
Former Gov. Rick Perry was caught up in a widespread Instagram hoax Tuesday.
Perry, the U.S. energy secretary, posted on Instagram a screenshot of a memo claiming, incorrectly, that Instagram is revising its privacy policy and that the social media giant will publicly release all photographs and “use your photos,” including “in court cases in litigation against you.”
“Everything you’ve ever posted becomes public from today,” the memo reads. “Even messages that have been deleted or not allowed.”
The memo, which has been spreading on various social media platforms, urges people to repost the message to oppose the policy change.
“Instagram DOES NOT HAVE MY PERMISSION TO SHARE PHOTOS OR MESSAGES,” the last line of the memo read. Perry also shared his Instagram post, which has since been deleted, on Twitter with the hashtag ”#nothanksinstagram.”
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