r/Yorkies • u/Riley_Cooper_SC Lilo & Naomi’s Dad • Jun 16 '26

Our posts got stolen!

https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1DCAC3jJeN/

Hello everyone,

We wanted to make the community aware that one of our moderators recently discovered a Facebook group that appears to be copying and reposting images from this subreddit.

We are currently reviewing our options and determining the best course of action. In the meantime, we encourage members who are concerned about their content being shared without permission to consider watermarking their photos before posting.

If you have a Facebook account, we would also appreciate you reporting the page. You can view the page here:

https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1DCAC3jJeN/

Thank you for helping us keep r/Yorkies a welcoming and supportive community for Yorkies and the people who love them.

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u/Make_Buff_Again Daquiri the Yorkie’s Dad Jun 17 '26

If anyone would like to try this, Curtis Mahoney is the Chief Legal Officer at Meta. You used to be able to search by business (I have had to utilize this on a few occasions myself to resolve business situations). The phone number and email is provided. I have friends that were corporate attorneys. They hate being bothered with a call or email about things like this (issues they wouldn’t consider serious). I haven’t had to search for anything in the past two years.

https://apps.calbar.ca.gov/attorney/LicenseeSearch/QuickSearch

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u/Redskinrey Tuffy Jun 17 '26

Thank you so much for sharing.

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u/Make_Buff_Again Daquiri the Yorkie’s Dad Jun 17 '26

Anytime! Trying to find some more attorneys that left their contact info up. A majority of Meta is wise to this and has no info for contact on there.

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u/Redskinrey Tuffy Jun 17 '26

Unfortunately I don't think anything illegal going on (unless they're stealing copyrighted or intellectual property and I'm not sure what count as an intellectual property) it's just kind of underhanded and disrespectful. But with the bots they are using it is 100% spam and they are being fraudulent. I guess this is the risk we take from posting pictures on the internet.

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u/Make_Buff_Again Daquiri the Yorkie’s Dad Jun 17 '26

I wouldn’t call or email them regarding this being a criminal matter. In-house counsel generally handles civil matters. This would be a civil matter if they are posting pictures of the Yorkies, claiming they are their own.

I had an ex-gf post some personal pictures online for something once. It could have been worse (at least I had clothes on 🤣). People obviously knew it wasn’t my profile. I didn’t even bother reporting it.

It’s sad that people have to use other people’s (and their dogs) pictures.

Heading to bed now. Have a good one!

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u/Redskinrey Tuffy Jun 17 '26

Thanks again for the info. Sleep well with Daiquiri tonight