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Instagram reacts to outcry over ads

Says user photos won’t be helping it generate cash

SAN FRANCISCO — Instagram, the mobile photo-sharing service owned by Facebook, will remove language from its terms of service suggesting that users’ photos could appear in ads.

The language in question appeared in policies scheduled to take effect Jan. 16. After an outcry on social media and privacy rights blogs, the company said it has no plans to put users’ photos in advertisements.

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