Instagram co-founder: “It is not our intention to sell your photos”
Instagram co-founder: “It is not our intention to sell your photos”
Instagram has responded to today’s outrage over its Terms of Service updates, attempting to clarify the concerns of its users. “To be clear,” says Instagram co-founder Kevin Systrom, “it is not our intention to sell your photos. We are working on updated language in the terms to make sure this is clear.”
The point about selling images ended up being a major component of the outrage, as users were understandably irritated that Instagram felt it could do just that to advertisers. As I pointed out on Twitter and others did via well-written blog posts, Instagram’s TOS did not give it the ability to do this.
Systrom acknowledges that the language is confusing, and says that this is Instagram’s mistake.
Another major concern for users was whether their photos could show up as an ad or inside an ad. No, says Systrom. “The language we proposed also raised question about whether your photos can be part of an advertisement,” he says. “We do not have plans for anything like this and because of that we’re going to remove the language that raised the question.”
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