Instagram users, including Usher, Rob Lowe and Julia Roberts, shared a chain message warning their followers that the app was changing its privacy policy on Wednesday, allowing it to freely use anyone’s pictures and messages. The only issue: the chain message is a poorly-worded hoax.
Instagram chief Adam Mosseri, after seeing how quickly the hoax spread on Tuesday night, posted a brief notice on his Instagram Story.
“Heads up! If you’re seeing a message claiming Instagram is changing its rules [on Wednesday], it’s not,” he wrote, before sharing a link that debunked the viral post.
Still, a handful of celebrities — and a member of President Trump’s cabinet — were among those who were duped.