Is WhatsApp quietly and secretly stealing all text and image rights with “new” terms and conditions?

Once again we receive inquiries about a post that shows a video from “N24.de”. The title: “New terms and conditions: WhatsApp steals text and image rights”. What we immediately realized was that this video was published over two years ago. More precisely on January 29, 2015. The fact is that there are currently no new terms and conditions from WhatsApp and that this is an old video. This is becoming a chain letter on Facebook, as it has already been played over 4 million times and shared over 90,000 times.

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Can WhatsApp really use all of my published images for advertising? This message keeps floating around on WhatsApp and Facebook:

[vc_message message_box_color=“grey” icon_fontawesome=“fa fa-info”]With WhatsApp, all rights to images sent are now assigned to WhatsApp so that WhatsApp can resell your images. In the worst case scenario, you find a photo of your child on some advertising poster and can't do anything about it (see updated terms and conditions). Sending other people's photos/images could also pose dangers, namely if the author of the image insists on his rights and sends you an expensive warning[/mk_info]

Is that correct?

NO! The usage rights that WhatsApp claims relate exclusively to the public profile picture and the status that each user can set themselves .

But these licenses also expire as soon as the user deletes the profile picture and/or status. Messages sent between people (text, video, image, voice message) are expressly excluded .

Whatsapp itself writes the following point 5 of the terms and conditions

For clarity, direct messages, location data and photos or files that you send directly to other WhatsApp users will only be viewable by those WhatsApp user(s) or group(s) you directly send such information;
but Status Submissions may be globally viewed by WhatsApp users that have your mobile phone number on their smartphone, unless the user is blocked by you.

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