If you follow celebrities like Usher, Julia Roberts or Taraji P. Henson on Instagram, chances are that you have seen the screenshot they posted about an Instagram’s ‘change in policy. The post claims that Instagram is changing some rules related to photo usage.


The viral post claims that now Instagram will use people’s uploaded photos and messages against them in court cases. To prevent this, users are supposed to repost a screenshot of the post.

But the question arises, is it real?
If we pay close attention, we find that there are some grammatical errors in the post, so, it looks like a hoax because a rule from Instagram can’t have such errors. However, many celebrities have been duped by it.

In a statement to WWD, Stephanie Otway, brand communications manager at Instagram said, “There’s no truth to this post.”
Peter Facinelli, Zoe Saldana and Ashley Greene are among some of the many stars who have posted this screenshot. Celebrities including Adriana Lima, Eva Longoria, and Josh Brolin already deleted it just a few hours after they found out that was a hoax.
After the post went viral on Instagram and Twitter, people started making fun of those who fall for such fake messages.
People posting that Instagram new privacy policy got me dead like bruh how Stu-
— 🗡esme 🗡 (@stonedcovv) August 20, 2019
Y’all looking like clowns reposting that Instagram privacy policy screenshot. They had permission to do all that the day you signed up. 🤡
— Alex Garciaa (@BUDW1SR) August 20, 2019
instagram when they see you reposted the privacy policy and permissions script pic.twitter.com/3mNgF1Wd73
— the lolly gaggin’ dilly dally (@imadpsht) August 20, 2019
The people that are posting that Instagram privacy policy thing are the same people that repost videos The Rock and Ellen Degeneres believing they’ll get money from them.
— JB (@jermykermy) August 20, 2019
you’re really something else if you’re really falling for this instagram privacy policy…
— j (@ohjennnnn) August 21, 2019
i said what i said when i said it pic.twitter.com/lBrSqOZnBn
*Sees one Instagram privacy policy hoax*
— sᴀɴᴢʜᴀʀ (@sxnzhxr) August 21, 2019
Everyone on Instagram: pic.twitter.com/0eftgisNfh
So let that be a lesson to all of us, everything that you see on the Internet, isn’t necessarily the truth.