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Whenever a social network changes its terms of service, the action is usually greeted with public outcry along the lines of privacy violation. Take Facebook’s recent decision to remove users’ ability to vote on changes — despite the fact an overwhelmingly small proportion of Facebook users ever exercised their right to vote on issues, the backlash was audible.

So why is this news today? Instagram has the right to sell your photos. To some people, this is like a red rag to a bull in terms of privacy violation and user exploitation. Many people are threatening to leave Instagram on account of the announcement, suggesting that the involvement of Facebook in the photo-sharing app has led to the changes in its terms of service.

Others may argue that Instagram is after all a business, providing a free service to millions of people, so they’ve got to make their money somehow if it…

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