As stolen from here

Here's what the Facebook settings page has to say:
Facebook occasionally pairs advertisements with relevant social actions from a user's friends to create Facebook Ads. Facebook Ads make advertisements more interesting and more tailored to you and your friends. These respect all privacy rules.

Turn it off

All you have to do to prevent this is sign in to Facebook and click through to (get ready) -> Settings -> Privacy -> News Feed and Wall -> Facebook Ads -> Appearance in Facebook Ads and click "no one." Unless, of course, you want to be semifamous and have your picture used to push some garbage product or website without your knowledge. (note: when I tried to make this change just now, the site returned an error. oh, and it might not work in Firefox either due to a 'bug.')

I just turned it off with no error

^ditto but in chrome

You didn't know this? I think there's another photo site (might be photobucket or flickr) that pretty much says when you sign up you sign over all permission for them to use any of your uploaded pictures in any way they want which means if they want to use them in adverts on other sites or to advertise some random product they can.

Personally I only have two photos on facebook (profile pictures) and they're welcome to use either of them for whatever the hell they want.

Add me, I need friends :(

edit: I tried the thing out of curiosity and it did not work in Firefox 3.5.1 but it did work fine in Safari 4.0.2.

last edited by whoop at 21:35:00 17/Jul/09

worked for me..

whoop - Yeah, that was flickr. There was the Virgin Mobile "Dump your pen friend" ad campaign that used someone's photos from flickr.

no ones cashing in on my face!

-thanks heardy.

Hahaha, would love to see them use the profile pic I have up as an ad. Don't think many ladies would be clicking on it ;-)

When I go to the 'Facebook Ads' section, there's nothing in there. =/

i already had it set to no one and didn't know. Thanks though, it gave me the chance to log in to facebook and remember why i don't use it :-)

they can have the one of me jumping naked off my old mans boat into the brisbane river at 3am in the morning blind as f***... got done by box jelly fish, but escaped the bullsharks :/

got done by box jelly fish

Extra points for getting stung on the balls.

same midda
http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/6016/83057570.jpg

probebly because of a certain firefox plugin which can not be mentioned?

Spoiler:
adblock

^^ That's probably why it didn't work for me in firefox. I just used Safari and it came up with the little selection box, can't say for IE though I didn't try it.

Thanks for this Heardy.

i hope my photos do get used, i could be even more efamous

I think trog just had a stroke...

http://img504.imageshack.us/img504/6016/83057570.jpg

Also, typwn the subject. Since when were plurals signified using an apostrophe?

photographs = photo's :p