Is Facebook Really Going to Start Charging 2019

After Facebook Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg testified before Congress and also stated "there will always be a variation of Facebook that is cost-free," lots of people have been asking us if the social media sites platform will begin charging users to be on the internet site.

The confusion originates from an old Facebook message that is recirculating once again after Zuckerberg appeared before Congress.

Is Facebook Really Going To Start Charging

In the message from "Mark the Supervisor of Facebook", it claims making use of Facebook will certainly set you back people cash. The message promises a free Facebook if you send out the message to 18 different individuals. It's an usual chain letter tactic that assures something if you share it with a particular quantity of individuals you know.

" This 'Message from Facebook' is totally false," said Emily Dean, a social media sites specialist. "This has actually been distributing for a number of years around Facebook and also it's probably bubble as much as the surface area currently due to the fact that Mark Zuckerberg has been testifying concerning some of the things that have actually taken place on Facebook just recently."

Later throughout the statement, Zuckerberg confessed that some have actually recommended a paid variation of the internet site however he claimed that "the ads version is the appropriate one for us."

"If it specifies where customers do not intend to see ads on Facebook there can perhaps be a variation that has actually cost associated with it, but he was very clear in claiming there will certainly always be a complimentary version. So I wouldn't worry about getting tossed out of Facebook quite yet," Dean said.

Dean discussed that if you still had doubts you might go to Facebook's help web page to locate more information.