copyright law is traditionally an effective way to protect your private content from being used by others without permission. However, the rise of social media and the sharing nature of it has caused issues with privacy, as when you upload a photo to a social networking site, you are uploading the picture for anyone to see (and without privacy settings that anyone can potentially see), allowing news networks and others to take your photos and use them without your permission, as they are public.
This creates a serious issue, as private images can be distrubuted through social media like facebook even after you close your account, which means these images can still be used. Where thye law decides to take this will be interesting, as it is currently a legal gray area.
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