Long Island, NY - When Marine veteran Chucky "Traps" Hughes heard that Facebook was going to start exploiting users' information without their consent, he didn't just stand idly by. He did exactly what he was trained to and got back in the fight.
"The first time I picked up a keyboard it reminded me of holding a rifle," Hughes stated. "It doesn't matter what I'm using to engage targets, I've been trained for this."
A recent Facebook hoax started spreading like wild fire alleging that the social media website would begin using user information unless they posted a disclaimer on their page. Hughes, however, isn't so sure it's a hoax.
He described his encounter with the tech giant, "I told Facebook they need to watch their tone of choice around me. I'm not about to just sit here and let them violate user privacy like that. That's where I draw the line."
In order to take the fight directly to Facebook, Hughes is employing a unique strategy of reposting the same status over and over again, all while tagging his friends. "You've gotta have the status update saying you don't give Facebook permission to use your data. But there's a loophole. If you're tagged in a status, then you're good to go," Hughes explained. Over the last week, he's tagged over 500 Facebook associates, many of which are fellow service members, in their own individual posts.
Hughes is no stranger to taking charge, having led troops in Afghanistan. "At the end of the day, it's all about doing the right thing. It's who we are, it's what we do," he added.
In a recent statement, Facebook assured its users that the proliferation of such statuses are meaningless. Efforts to expose this grassroots campaign as a hoax have fallen on deaf ears.
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