Recently it has been revealed that Facebook is using its members’ profile pictures in their 3rd party advertisements. One member discovered this after recognizing his wife’s profile picture in a dating ad that was being displayed to him, and other folks have noticed their profile pics popping up in ads as well. After hearing about this shocking revelation, I logged into my Facebook account and was appalled to see that my 10e20 coworkers’ pictures were indeed being used in various advertisements. I’ve taken screenshots of these ads and displayed them below:
Thankfully, you can opt to disallow Facebook from using your profile pics:
Click through to -> Settings -> Privacy -> News Feed and Wall -> Facebook Ads -> Appearance in Facebook Ads – > click “no one.”
Hopefully my coworkers will take the necessary precaution so that their pics won’t end up in any more unflattering Facebook ads. 
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13 Comments
Hahahahahaha. Awesome ads. Love the llama hair one
He manages to pull it off quite nicely.
Hahhahah! Best post of the week. Hilarious
That is more than naughty Of Facebook – and you. I like it!!
I had ordered the llama hair wig two weeks earlier, but had lost it at the roulette table.
dk
Seriously sketchy behavior on the part of Facebook.
As far as your ads, well done. Very fun!
Fantastic use of the word hirsute. I am blown away.
How else would the word be used?
Catchy ads! They are like an ad which I spotted the other day about shoes: A sexy woman wearing a bikini, and a text description: "Where shoes are not seen".
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That llama hair sure does work….
The llama hair is quite funny! The jokes on you.
well when Facebook announced that it will use the members information anytime without prior information… it striked me at that time… however its awkward to see your profile pics…. in the advertisement without your permission is surely not a good thing to see.