Instagram has been making a lot of moves as of late. Some good, some not so good. First there was the introduction of its website, then it decided to disable its integration with Twitter, making it more difficult for people to share their images between the two networks. And now billion-dollar company has announced some changes to its terms of use that will take place in January that have people up in arms.
The part in particular that has ruffled feathers deals with how Instagram will use people's photos, and other information, to better target ads to users. It can be found in section 2 and 3 under "Rights":
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All of which means Instagram will have the right to use your likeness, images, and meta data (location, etc) in advertisements for free. What's more, it won't even need to identify what is an ad and what isn't. The former shouldn't come as a surprise to many. Facebook, Instagram's owner, does the same thing but with Likes.
All of Instagram's recent moves point to the service looking to quickly turn a profit by any means necessary.
[via The Atlantic]
