Facebook Hoax Claims That All of Your Posts are Going Public ... Tomorrow!

WISCONSIN - If you've been checking in on Patch.com using Facebook, we want you to know that there is a Facebook hoax going around, and according to multiple media outlets, it's an old one from 2012 that's getting new life in your news feed.

It starts like this:

"Deadline tomorrow !!!
Everything you've ever posted becomes public from tomorrow. Even messages that have been deleted or the photos not allowed. It costs nothing for a simple copy and paste, better safe than sorry. "

If you see someone who has posted this message on their timeline, we're here to tell you that it's a hoax.

Snopes.com did the research to trace the message back to a 2012 hoax of a similar variety. Facebook dealt with the hoax back then, and they're dealing with the new hoax now.

Facebook says so itself:

"You may have seen a post telling you to copy and paste a notice to retain control over things you share on Facebook. Don't believe it. Our terms say clearly: You own all of the content and information you post on Facebook, and you can control how it's shared through your privacy and application settings. That's how it works, and this hasn't changed."

While Facebook's advice is straight from the source, media outlets such as the Business Insider have taken a more colorful approach to advising Facebook users:

"In short, for the love of God, don't copy and paste."