Instagram under fire over sale of photos to advertisers

Photo-sharing social network Instagram has come under fire for new terms of service which allow it to sell people’s own photos to advertisers, without paying them.

As well as giving itself the right to sell people’s pics, the terms mean users will receive no payment and no notification about what is happening to their images.

This could mean that the pictures a user shared about a holiday or a resort hotel could be used by that company to build an advertising campaign and the creator of that content would not be entitled to any commission or royalty fees.