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Facebook users got into a slight frenzy recently when rumors of possible charges began to surface.

One of the messages spreading currently spreading around Facebook reads:

“THIS IS OFFICIAL… IT WAS EVEN ON THE NEWS… FACEBOOK WILL START CHARGING DUE TO THE NEW PROFILE CHANGES… IF YOU COPY THIS ON YOUR WALL YOUR ICON WILL TURN BLUE AND FACEBOOK WILL BE FREE FOR YOU. PLEASE PASS THIS MESSAGE ON, IF NOT YOUR ACCOUNT WILL BE DELETED IF YOU DO NOT PAY!!”

Here is another that has also been making its rounds:

“FACEBOOK JUST RELEASED THEIR PRICE GRID FOR MEMBERSHIP. $9.99 PER MONTH FOR GOLD MEMBER SERVICES, $6.99 PER MONTH FOR SILVER MEMBER SERVICES, $3.99 PER MONTH FOR BRONZE MEMBER SERVICES, FREE IF YOU COPY AND PASTE THIS MESSAGE BEFORE MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. WHEN YOU SIGN ON TOMORROW MORNING YOU WILL BE PROMPTED FOR PAYMENT INFO…IT IS OFFICIAL IT WAS EVEN ON THE NEWS. FACEBOOK WILL START CHARGING DUE TO THE NEW PROFILE CHANGES”

It’s nearly unbelievable that so many would believe such a chainmail, but the unveiling of Timeline profiles added a certain weight to these speculations.

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Facebook has come out to clear the air about all this rumor mongering: it is simply untrue.

The people at Facebook posted up a message on Monday saying: “A rumor on the internet caught our attention. We have no plans to charge for Facebook. It's free and always will be”.

On top of that, Facebook has also said so on the sign-in page at Facebook.com.

In doing so, rest assured that Facebook will always be free.