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I am the webmaster for a large online school. On our visitors page I would like to use the photos of Facebook users who have liked our page. The photos would be used in a header graphic, and would not be altered in anyway. Is this okay?

Thank you

Curt Ireton
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No. Without permission it is ethically wrong.

NoPyGod
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  • Thank you. It's not a significant portion of the web site, or really used for any personal or financial gain. It's just that contacting all of the users, and getting a reply, may take some time and delay the posting of the web page. – Curt Ireton Nov 12 '11 at 01:31
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Go for it.

Your users may detest you, but they had the opportunity to read the Facebook Data Use Policy before starting use of the service:

Information you choose to make public Choosing to make your information public is exactly what it sounds like: anyone, including people off of Facebook, will be able to see it. Choosing to make your information public also means that this information:

  • can be associated with you (i.e., your name, profile picture, Facebook profile, User ID, etc.) even off Facebook
  • can show up when someone does a search on Facebook or on a public search engine
  • will be accessible to the games, applications, and websites you and your friends use
  • will be accessible to anyone who uses our APIs such as our Graph API.
sarnold
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    +1 for reminding my once more why I do not have a facebook account. – Dennis Nov 11 '11 at 03:15
  • I did read the Facebook Data Use policy, but wasn't sure about the interpretation. Thank you for making it a little more clear. (Our users probably won't detest us, rather they'll most likely think it's cool to have their face shown on the school web site). – Curt Ireton Nov 12 '11 at 01:38
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Facebook doesn't provide an API of who likes your page so it will be difficult for you to get a complete list. However Facebook provides social plugins that will show the pictures of who likes a page so I don't see why you wouldnt be able to do this.

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  • I did try the Facepile plugin, but wanted to show a set number of users, instead of only those users and their friends that were currently logged in. Thanks for the reply. – Curt Ireton Nov 12 '11 at 01:40