Recently, my husband found himself tagged in some spammy advertising videos on Facebook. The reason spammers tag random people is that it makes these videos show up in the Facebook feeds of their friends, broadening the reach of the spam video. It’s possible that you’ve been tagged in these spam videos and they’re turning up in your friend’s Facebook feeds and you know nothing about it.
While these videos claim that a friend has tagged you in the post, most likely that friend had unintentionally permitted a spambot app access to their page and friends list and that bot is doing all of the tagging. Sometimes dozens of videos in a day. How does it happen? You remember those fake contests and quizzes I’m always warning you about? The friend has likely been suckered into it and given the spam program access to their account. Here’s how to untag yourself.
If you’re using a browser, click the drop-down arrow at the top right of the page. Choose Settings & privacy and then Activity Log.
If you’re using a phone, tap on your profile, click the three-dot More menu, and choose Activity Log.
You’ll see a list of your recent activity. On mobile, choose Public tags.
In your browser, click on Timeline, photo, and tag review on the left.
On your phone, you’ll see all the activities you are tagged in. To untag yourself, tap the 3-dot icon and choose Remove Tag.
If it’s a spammy tag, you’ll want to choose Report tag.
This is what it will look like in a browser.
