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Facebook recently purchased Instagram, and instantly started changing things. A new user policy stated that you, the user, agree that pictures you post can be used by Instagram in nearly any way  the company wants, especially in advertising. Outraged, National Geographic said it was pulling out, and while there are disputes about Instagram losing 25% of its users in a week, the effect of such news was real. The stock instantly dropped in value. While Instagram has backed down on its user policy, a California law firm, Finkelstein and Krinsk, filed a class action lawsuit, inviting Instagram users in the state of California to join the suit.

The lawsuit states that Instagram is taking its customers property rights while insulating itself from all liability. In short, Instagram declares that ‘possession is nine tenths of the law and if you don’t like it, you can’t stop us.’ Facebook’s smartphone photo-sharing service is breaching its contract with users and the suit calls on federal court to bar Instagram from changing its rules. If Facebook prevails, advertisers at Instagram or Facebook worldwide may use  (on a royalty-free basis) people’s pictures of themselves, their children, babies, or others.

Instagram is being sued and Facebook is ripe for a challenge, too.  Mike Adams, editor of NaturalNews.com, reported several days ago that his Facebook account was purged and account was suspended after he posted a quote from Gandhi. Part of a massive political purge by the social network, people who spoke out about gun control issues, the Architects & Engineers for 9-11 Truth, writers for Infowars.com, and whistleblower Amber Lyon all had their accounts deactivated or suspended from Facebook.   SeeCalifornia’s Facebook page